Death of a President - North Bend, Ohio
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BruceS
N 39° 09.046 W 084° 45.058
16S E 694343 N 4335916
Marker located in William Henry Harrison tomb giving brief information of his death and aftermath located in North Bend, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WMFEK1
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2012
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Text of marker:
Death of a President
William Henry Harrison was the first president to die in office. He served only thirty-two days. The nation had never before mourned a sitting president.
Harrison's body was placed in a glass covered coffin in the East Room of the White House. Streets in Washington were covered in black crepe. At the funeral, fourteen military companies marched down Pennsylvania Ave. Harrison's horse was saddled and followed the procession, riderless.
The Long Road Home
William Henry Harrison first traveled the Ohio River in 1791. The river led the young Virginian to the Northwest Territory and to North Bend.
William Henry Harrison traveled down that familiar river one last time in July of 1841. Fifty years after arriving in Ohio, following a career as an officer, a governor, and a president, Harrison was laid to rest in his adopted home.