Name: Presidential Connections
Start: 2026-02-21T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19132

There are no United States presidents buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery East, but there are hundreds, if not thousands of people who were in some way connected to one or more of our chief executives. While we obviously can’t visit all of these presidential connections we will be meeting the opera singer who sang for Teddy Roosevelt in the White House; the young actor who was supposed to sing for Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater; the influential woman who convinced Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday; the close friend of JFK who was an important architect of U.S. foreign policy for decades; and many more people who befriended, antagonized, or otherwise connected with our presidents.
Tour Guide: Rich Wilhelm