Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday... Aaron Burr, Jr.

Aaron Burr, Jr.
Birth: Feb. 6, 1756
Death: Sep. 14, 1836

3rd United States Vice President, Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer. 


Aaron Burr's Tombstone

"AARON BURR
BORN FEBRUARY 6, 1756
DIED SEPT 14, 1836
A COLONEL IN THE ARMY  OF THE
REVOLUTION
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES FROM 1801-1805"

This bronze marker was placed at the base of the original stone, and repeats, verbatim the wording of the original with the exception of the byline:
"Placed by The Aaron Burr Association
September 1995" 
Burr is buried in the Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

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