TDW 1799 - Most Incredible Cemetery In Ohio
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Starting off the day smack dab downtown
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in the one and only
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Cleveland,
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Ohio.
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Majestic. Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo
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for score and 7 years ago there was not
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such a thing as vlogging and that might
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actually be a good thing but there was
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an Abraham Lincoln and there is a
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special guest once again. Rebecca is
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here.
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It's my second channel, daily vlog
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channel. It's the Daily Wraham. I should
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have brought Man, I should have brought
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I should have brought Wubraham.
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Oh yeah. Mhm.
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Dang it. I I left him in the RV.
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I'm getting a very Omega Man with
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Charlton H vibe right now. There's
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hardly anyone out here.
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Bizarre. There he is. The king of rock
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and roll himself. Made of completely out
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of wood. You look great back there
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behind that glass. Oh, thank you. Thank
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you very much. At first glance, I
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thought this cyclops wearing normal
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sunglasses was taking a selfie. But
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that's not an iPhone. That's a coffee.
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You know what? I want coffee. Good old
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yum yums. I got my caffeine. And what'd
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you get?
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A maple donut.
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How is it?
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Yummy.
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This pickle's definitely attacking the
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day with all cylinders. Climbing the
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side of that building. You You're so
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crazy, Pickle. This is Playhouse Square.
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And while you might be enamored with
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that amazing sign, it is currently
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overshadowed
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by the largest chandelier of the outdoor
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persuasion anywhere
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in existence.
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Look at that thing. Dangling 44 ft in
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the air. 4,000
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crystals make up that 20 foot tall
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bohemoth of a chandelier. If that thing
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tumbled down on a vehicle, there might
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be a lawsuit. But what a story that
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Watch out. Watch out, sir. There's a
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large chandelier directly above you. It
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stayed stable. Thankfully, it stays.
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Watch out. Watch out. There's a
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chandelier right above your head. Okay,
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good. We're safe. We're safe. There is
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quite a bit of art in this city, and
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this is no exception. deemed and named
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the politician created in 1995
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fallen under a little bit of
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controversy. The city did not know where
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to actually place this. So, it ended up
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in this field
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next to this warehouse. And as best I
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can tell,
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those are his eyes and his hairline and
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his mouth. And at one time the wheel
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moved and it made some noise. Oh,
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there's a bow tie. He's got a bow tie as
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well. And if you look closely, all along
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the fence line are slightly derogatory
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words about political figures. Just some
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examples of the lettering. Read my hips.
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Contradiction. Those are the types of
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phrases that encompass the fence line.
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Like many other areas, there is a tour
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bus, but this one is in the form of a
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trolley called the Lolli Trolley. I
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always contemplate paying for one of
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those tours to drive me around the city,
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but then I figured I could just kind of
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do it on my own and go at my own pace.
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But one day, one day I'll do one of
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those types of tours. It is not a common
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occurrence to have an Uber drop you off
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at a cemetery, but that is what just
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happened. the Lake View
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Cemetery. There are some very unique
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headstones
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out on this property. The first being a
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statue of this gentleman by the name of
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Sergy
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Gaideno. I think that's how you
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pronounce his name. He's got his guitar
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and he's standing over his final resting
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place.
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That's pretty cool. Allan Frerieded was
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the DJ who coined the phrase rock and
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roll. So if you've ever used that or
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heard that in the vernacular of society,
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you can thank him for coming up with it.
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But the interesting thing is the
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backside of his headstone looks like a
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jukebox.
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Check
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that out.
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Something you don't see every day. Make
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a selection. According to this, I can
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make a selection and I can pick from a
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handful of tunes.
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Very unique.
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I like that someone has placed a guitar
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pick and a handful of rocks all along
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the base of the structure as well as
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that's a coin right there. Someone wants
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to play a tune on the juke box. You got
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a coin?
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Quarter.
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Putting a quarter down. I could probably
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get about five songs for that.
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You could. What song are you going to
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choose?
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Something by Elvis or Buddy Holly.
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A word to the wise, if you see geese
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with their children, do not get any
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closer than I am because they will, if I
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were to walk a couple steps closer, they
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would attack. I mean, they would attack
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me generally anyway. That's happened in
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the past, but they're more inclined to
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do so when they are shielding their
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young. I have to admit, I did not think
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that Elliot Ness was laid to rest here
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in Cleveland. When I think of that name,
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I think of Chicago with Al Capone and
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also The Untouchables where Kevin Cosner
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portrayed Mr. Ness. And it looks like
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someone has placed a beer bottle. Oh,
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check that out. The name of the beer is
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Elliot Ness Logger.
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Interesting. This is something I've
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never seen before. The family name is
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not carved in granite but in this
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boulder itself and the graves encompass
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the rock and the names do not bear the
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last name but just their first names all
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here in the family plot
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next to the rock. I really like this one
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as well and definitely not something you
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see too often. And the angel is embedded
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inside the headstone, not protruding
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out. You can see they carved a spot to
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insert the angel figure. It is also
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unusual to see an inscription detailing
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how someone passed away. This one
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signifies that they drowned. And check
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this out. The side of this cup bears the
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likeness of a face,
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a man with a beard
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right there on the side
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of that cup. And now for one of the most
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famous graves out here. Are you ready?
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Yes.
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For the angel
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of death. This is hauntingly
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moderately well slightly overly
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moderately terrifying.
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Oh my goodness. Right here at the
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Hasserat
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family plot.
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This is incredible.
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And the elements of weather over the
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years give her the appearance that she
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is crying.
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This is I'm not going to lie. This is
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This is kind of creepy. Would you say
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it's kind of creepy in uh in a lot of
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ways?
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It's very heavy metal.
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You could you could say that.
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You could definitely definitely say
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that. The size of this place is so
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expansive.
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They have a bridge going across a
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reservoir that leads to the other side.
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Now, we're not allowed to walk across
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that. It is fenced off. We have to walk
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that way to get across the hill. But
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this is very interesting. You don't see
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this.
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I've never seen this in a cemetery. I
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must be honest. And right here at the
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base of this tower that resembles a
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castle lies the 20th president of the
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United States, James A. Garfield. The
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angel type figures above the gold
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wreaths symbolize that all four corners
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of the nation were in mourning on
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hearing that the president had passed
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away. You can go to the level where you
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see the rail and you look down. It's a
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great view on top of the statue. You get
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to look at the windows from different
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angles. You can also go higher up and
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outside the balcony.
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Now, you would think this would go
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without saying,
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but please do not play Pokemon Go
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inside.
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the memorial on the way down to his
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crypt. I was informed upon entering that
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this is the only US president that you
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can see the casket of in person. Him and
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his wife laid to rest there and his
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daughter and son-in-law.
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Their ashes are in the urns
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in front of the graves.
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only served 200 days in office. He was
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shot leading to an assassination. He
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died 80 days later.
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President Garfield
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right there. This really is incredible
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that you are allowed to just wander all
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around in here looking down upon his
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statue. Or you could continue up above
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the inside of the building. up onto the
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roof in the balcony and overlook the
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entire city. Be a little more convenient
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if they had an elevator. But we have
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made it to the top. Look at this.
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Wow.
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This is awesome. He certainly has the
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best view of the city from up here. The
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name of the cemetery is Lake View. Now
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I'm realizing how it got its name
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because that is Lake Eerie right over
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there on the horizon. You can see it
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very well from the pinnacle point of
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this tower. And just adding to the
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experience and to the ambiance,
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these bricks, these tiles are slightly
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uneven.
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Freaked me out a little bit when I was
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walking across them. Just just a little
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bit. What looks like the Washington
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Monument in fact is not. It is the grave
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of John Rockefeller
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who was born in New York died in Florida
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but laid to rest here in Ohio. Highly
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regarded as one of the richest business
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owners in the world. He lived to 97
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years old. That's a pretty good long
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life for sure. Raymond Johnson Chapman
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was the first and only professional
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baseball player to be killed by a pitch
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during game play. And because of that
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accident, went on to change a lot of the
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rules and regulations in the MLB,
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including the initial banning of the
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spitball. And three decades later, he
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was used as an example to create the
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batting helmet. In 1920 when the
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incident happened, it was common place
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for a pitcher to dirty up and scuff up a
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ball to make the projectile on the way
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to home plate a little more erratic.
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When contact was made, the ball bounced
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towards the pitcher. He threw it to
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first base thinking that it had struck
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the bat, but in reality, it had struck
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the hitter. I have visited a lot of
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cemeteries in my day, and this one has
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to be one of the most unique. The guy at
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the presidential memorial was telling me
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a h 100,000 people are buried here. Just
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ordered another Uber. That's him pulling
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up in the gray car. Probably very
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confused on why he's picking us up at a
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cemetery. Arrived now at Wahberers owned
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by Donnie and Mark who are from Boston.
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I'm surprised there's one of these in
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Cleveland, but going to get some dinner.
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Adam the water.
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Come on, horsey. Help me out. Say it.
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Say it.
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Rover.