The text on this marker reads "1804 - 1869 Fourteenth President of the United States (1853-57). Lies buried in nearby Minot enclosure. Native son of New Hampshire, graduate of Bowdoin College, lawyer, effective political leader, Congressman and U.S. Senator, Mexican War Veteran, courageous advocate of State's Rights, he was popularly known as 'Young Hickory of the Granite Hills.'"
The actual gravesite of Franklin Pierce can be found nearby. Coordinates are listed at
this nearby "Grave of a Famous Person" waymark.