Menands, New York: Chester A. Arthur's Gravesite

This isn't the most impressive Presidential grave in the country, but it's not the least impressive either. It looks a little like an angel is watching over a piano, if you glance from a distance.

President Chester A. Arthur is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, NY. The area's children learn how Arthur's father moved to Albany when Chester was a small boy. It's a classic big old cemetery, with plenty of important state and local officials buried there. During a 2025 visit (I've been known to go running there), I discovered that the place wasn't particularly well groomed. It may have been a tough spring. But still. 

By the way, why is it always Chester A. Arthur? How many Chester Arthurs are out there? Did he get a tip from Rutherford B. Hayes?