The General was a horse owned by US President John Tyler.[1] When he died, John Tyler had The General buried on his Sherwood Forest Plantation, in the Sherwood Forest Pet Cemetery.[2]
The horse's epitaph reads:
Here lie the bones of my old horse, "General,"
who served his master faithfully
for twenty-one years.
And never made a blunder.
Would that his master could say the same![3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A history of presidential pets". KETK. August 11, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ Barnhardt, Mike (February 17, 2022). "Presidential Sites: John Tyler's presidency filled with controversy". The Davie County Enterprise Record. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ Whitley, Davis (December 29, 2015). "Virginia, USA: Presidential plantations with a dark past". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
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