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On July 6, 1971 Louis Armstrong passed away at his home in Queens, NY. Two days later, more than 30,000 came to pay their respects to the beloved jazz legend. Louis Armstrong was buried in Flushing Cemetery in Queens, just a few miles away from his home in Corona.
May 22, 1865. Fortress Monroe, VA. Jefferson Finis Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, was originally buried in the Army of Northern Virginia tumulus in Metairie Cemetery and remained there for three and one half years. His first father in-law was Zachary Taylor. One brother-in-law was Confederate States General Richard Taylor.