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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Mystery Solved: Where is Scalia Buried?
A Mystery Solved: Where is Scalia Buried?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral was attended by thousands and carried on live television, but when the hearse pulled away from the church and headed to his burial site, his family asked for privacy and Supreme Court officials declined to say where Scalia was being laid to rest.
But few things stay private in the internet age, and Scalia's grave has become public with the help of a website.
Within months of his death in February, the location of Scalia's grave, at Fairfax Memorial Park in Virginia, was recorded on the cemetery website Findagrave.com with precision: Garden of the Crucifixion, Lot 870, Site A. A contributor to the site added photos, too. Recently Wikipedia added the location and a photo to Scalia's page.
Citing privacy, cemetery President Michael H. Doherty declined to discuss the late justice or say how frequently visitors ask for help finding Scalia's gravesite in the cemetery that is dotted with brightly colored artificial flowers and in-ground memorial markers rather than headstones. But the cemetery will direct anyone who asks, its standard practice for any gravesite, though with the information posted online, visitors don't necessarily need help. When an Associated Press reporter visited recently, a bronze vase that's part of the justice's gravesite was empty; Find A Grave's pictures from May showed fresh flowers.
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The fact that Scalia's family chose Fairfax Memorial Park is not particularly surprising. The family-run cemetery has Catholic roots, and Scalia was a devout Catholic. His son-in-law, Craig Britton Courtney, who died in 2011, is buried there in a plot near Scalia's. And at the time of Scalia's death, it was public that his body was taken to Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, which is on the grounds of the cemetery, after it was flown from Texas, where he died.
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Published at 4:52 PM EDT on Sep 5, 2016
Copyright Associated Press
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral was attended by thousands and carried on live television, but when the hearse pulled away from the church and headed to his burial site, his family asked for privacy and Supreme Court officials declined to say where Scalia was being laid to rest.
But few things stay private in the internet age, and Scalia's grave has become public with the help of a website.
Within months of his death in February, the location of Scalia's grave, at Fairfax Memorial Park in Virginia, was recorded on the cemetery website Findagrave.com with precision: Garden of the Crucifixion, Lot 870, Site A. A contributor to the site added photos, too. Recently Wikipedia added the location and a photo to Scalia's page.
Citing privacy, cemetery President Michael H. Doherty declined to discuss the late justice or say how frequently visitors ask for help finding Scalia's gravesite in the cemetery that is dotted with brightly colored artificial flowers and in-ground memorial markers rather than headstones. But the cemetery will direct anyone who asks, its standard practice for any gravesite, though with the information posted online, visitors don't necessarily need help. When an Associated Press reporter visited recently, a bronze vase that's part of the justice's gravesite was empty; Find A Grave's pictures from May showed fresh flowers.
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The fact that Scalia's family chose Fairfax Memorial Park is not particularly surprising. The family-run cemetery has Catholic roots, and Scalia was a devout Catholic. His son-in-law, Craig Britton Courtney, who died in 2011, is buried there in a plot near Scalia's. And at the time of Scalia's death, it was public that his body was taken to Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, which is on the grounds of the cemetery, after it was flown from Texas, where he died.
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Published at 4:52 PM EDT on Sep 5, 2016
Copyright Associated Press
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A Mystery Solved: Where is Scalia Buried? (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2016
OP
One thing is likely for sure, grass will never grow on that grave. The ground is now too toxic.
tonyt53
Sep 2016
#1
Is that because he's buried there or because people are peeing on it?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2016
#3
Channel 4 does like to play things up, lest you change the channel. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2016
#4
Why didn't I think of that? Someone, please come up with a rimshot. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2016
#6
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. One thing is likely for sure, grass will never grow on that grave. The ground is now too toxic.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,839 posts)3. Is that because he's buried there or because people are peeing on it?
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)
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leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)2. I didn't realize it was a mystery.
He is gone but not forgotten.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,607 posts)4. Channel 4 does like to play things up, lest you change the channel. NT
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)5. In Scalia's tomb?
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,607 posts)6. Why didn't I think of that? Someone, please come up with a rimshot. NT
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)8. Yeah, but how long is a ten foot pole?
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)9. Now I know where to hold my dance party. nt
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)10. U beat me to it
Initech
(100,102 posts)11. I'll bring the disco music!