• Read Object 34: President Zachary Taylor’s Well-Traveled Remains

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    Object 34: President Zachary Taylor’s Well-Traveled Remains

    Three burial vaults, two funeral processions a thousand miles apart, and a daytrip to quash an assertion of foul play–the remains of Zachary Taylor, the only U.S. president laid to rest in a VA national cemetery, have taken an especially tortuous path to their resting place in Louisville, Kentucky.