Tombstone tours Oct 7, 2009
ClevelandPerhaps the most impressive site at on Cleveland's east side is the James A. Garfield Monument honoring the U.S. president who was assassinated in 1881. The monument includes a 180-foot tower, a marble statue, and mosaics depicting his life and death. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The Invasion of the Bill Snatchers Oct 7, 2009
James A. Garfield after the House had tabled a Senate bill in 1872. "But I do insist that their thousand pages must be on the subject matter of our bill.". (Slate)
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards Oct 6, 2009
(AP Photo/Joe Marquette,File) FILE- this Aug. 26, 1998 ffile photo shows a marble statue of America's 20th President, James A. Garfield, in the center of the James A. Garfield Monument in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio ... CLEVELAND: Perhaps the most impressive site at Lake View Cemetery on Cleveland's east side is the James A. Garfield Monument honoring the U.S. president who was assassinated in 1881. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Sunday, September 20 Sep 13, 2009
1881 - Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who was assassinated. 1945 - All-India Congress Committee under Mohandas K. Gandhi and Pandit Nehru rejects British proposals for self-government, calling for full independence. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Pythagoras' Theorem Aug 28, 2009
"A Trapezoidal Proof" as discovered in 1876 by U.S. politician and later President, James A. Garfield. Pythagorean Converse is True. (Suite101.com)
Hot D.C. has presidents bailing Aug 18, 2009
Victorian era presidents favored the Jersey shore James A. Garfield died there in 1881, two months after being shot at the Washington train station as he prepared to depart for a seaside resort. Early on, Seale said, leaving Washington in the summer was considered a necessity for health reasons. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Region A Work Of Art Jun 19, 2009
Lake View Cemetery, 285 acres including rare horticultural collections, the 108-year-old Wade Memorial Chapel, as well as the graves of James A. Garfield, John D. Rockefeller and Eliot Ness. For more information, check out these Web sites. (Erie Times-News, PA)
They gave their all May 24, 2009
"For love of country they accepted death ..." -- James A. Garfield. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." -- Joseph Campbell. (NJ.com -- Times)
Fairfield Citizen's Police Academy Alumni hosts Secret Service Agent May 8, 2009
In the intervening years three Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and William McKinley were assassinated. When Theodore Roosevelt assumed the Presidency literally in the wake of his predecessor he was immediately placed under increased protection, and by 1902 full time Secret Service surveillance. (Fairfield Minuteman, CT)
Charleston resident publishes book on Garfield Apr 1, 2009
CHARLESTON Charleston resident John D. McArthur Jr. recently published the book James A. Garfield: Letting His Light Shine. James A. Garfield is usually cast aside as a minor president from the late 19th century, one of the cold, bearded, and old statues that fill parks across the country. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The flower beds are peeking through Mar 12, 2009
The Rhinelander Daily News - Online news and information for the Rhinelander, Wisconsin region. Pat PfiefferCorrespondent. (Forest Republican, WI)
