Delaware Park in Buffalo in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
In Memory of Millard Fillmore
Photographed By Yugoboy, April 22, 2013
1. In Memory of Millard Filmore Marker
Erected 1932 by Millard Fillmore Republican Women's Club.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #13 Millard Fillmore series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1996.
Location. 42° 55.764′ N, 78° 51.808′ W. Marker is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County. It is in Delaware Park. Marker can be reached from Main Street (New York State Route 5) near Delaware Avenue. Marker(s) are deep within Forest Lawn Cemetery. For what it's worth, while the section is fenced in, the gate is not locked. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Buffalo NY 14214, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mary Morris Burnett Talbert (approx. 0.2 miles away); Frederick Law Olmsted (approx. ¼ mile away); Ebenezer Walden (approx. ¼ mile away); Brigadier General Albert James Myer (approx. ¼ mile away); Albert James Myer, M.D.
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Also see . . . Millard Fillmore - The White House. (Submitted on May 23, 2013, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Photographed By Yugoboy, April 22, 2013
2. In Memory of Millard Filmore Marker and Monument
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3. Millard Filmore Monument
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4. Millard Filmore Monument Inscription (Side 1)
Millard Powers Filmore (son)
Mary Abigail Filmore (daughter)
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5. Millard Filmore Monument Inscription (Side 2)
Abigail Powers Filmore (wife)
(click for full inscription)
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6. Millard Filmore Monument Inscription (Side 3)
Millard Filmore (himself)
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7. Millard Filmore Monument and Graves
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8. Millard Filmore Monument Inscription (Side 4)
Caroline Filmore (second wife)
She is who is buried next to him in the Monument & Graves Photo
(click for full inscription)
Photographed By Yugoboy, April 22, 2013
9. Abigail Powers Filmore headstone
She is buried in this plot, just not next to the president who lays next to his second wife.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, August 9, 2015
10. Millard Fillmore
This c. 1843 portrait of Millard Fillmore hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
“At the beginning of his administration, Millard Fillmore bestowed his presidential blessing on the Compromise of 1850 Senator Henry Clay's proposal to unite the North and the slave holding South. The ensuing harmony, however, was short-lived. Among the compromise's concessions to the South was the new Fugitive Slave Law, which facilitated the capture of runaway slaves, and Fillmore was determined to enforce it. As northern abolitionists sought to undermine enforcement, tempers on both sides of the issue flared again. The sectional bitterness made a future rupture over slavery all but certain.
Fillmore's portrait by an unidentified artist dates to about the time he retired from the House of Representatives in the early 1840s. In the years following, he devoted himself to reconciling the growing differences among fellow Whigs in his native New York State.” — National Portrait Gallery
“At the beginning of his administration, Millard Fillmore bestowed his presidential blessing on the Compromise of 1850 Senator Henry Clay's proposal to unite the North and the slave holding South. The ensuing harmony, however, was short-lived. Among the compromise's concessions to the South was the new Fugitive Slave Law, which facilitated the capture of runaway slaves, and Fillmore was determined to enforce it. As northern abolitionists sought to undermine enforcement, tempers on both sides of the issue flared again. The sectional bitterness made a future rupture over slavery all but certain.
Fillmore's portrait by an unidentified artist dates to about the time he retired from the House of Representatives in the early 1840s. In the years following, he devoted himself to reconciling the growing differences among fellow Whigs in his native New York State.” — National Portrait Gallery
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,064 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on May 23, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 10. submitted on August 30, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
