Monday, February 21, 2011

James Abram Garfield

Our 20th president was James A Garfield and he was born in Orange, Ohio.  He was shot after being in office for 4 months.  The doctors that tried to save him made it worse.  They tried to remove the bullet with unclean hands.  This led to the infection that killed him 2 months later.  You can visit James Garfield at the Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland.  His casket is in the basement next to his wife's.  It is a nice museum.