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Robert G. Ingersoll Grave
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Ingersoll Tombstone |
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Arlington National Cemetery,
Section 3, Number 1620
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Ceremony Invitation |
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The ashes of Ingersoll, who died from a heart attack on July 21, 1899 (just 2 weeks short of his 66th birthday) and his wife, Eva (Parker), who died 24 years later, were buried in a grave, on May 4, 1932.
On the oblong tombstone are carved the words,
Nothing is grander than to break chains from the bodies of men — nothing nobler than to destroy the phantoms of the soul.
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Directions (printable map and directions to Ingersoll’s Grave)
The grave site, in Section 3, Number 1620, can be visited by taking a cab or private car to Arlington National Cemetery visitor’s center, where one must go inside (with the grave number, the car’s tag number and state) to get a vehicle pass and a map. With this pass and a map, drive past the security guard at the entrance to the cemetery and proceed to the gravesite. Or, from the Visitor’s Center, take the Tourmobile ($8.50) to the “Tomb of the Unknowns” and stop and walk approximately one half mile to the grave site.
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