Buried
He is buried (in Section N67) along with his wife Julia in the Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, not far from where Benjamin Franklin is buried. At the site, you will see a small plaque honoring Benjamin Rush. However, the box marker is next to the plaque on the right, with inscriptions on the top. The inscription reads,
"In memory of Benjamin Rush MD he died on the 19th of April in the year of our Lord 1813 Aged 68 years Well done good and faithful servant enter thou into the joy of the Lord"
Mrs Julia Rush wife of Benjamin Rush MD Born March 2, 1759 Died July 7, 1848"
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Famous quotes containing the word buried:
“All men are partially buried in the grave of custom, and of some we see only the crown of the head above ground. Better are the physically dead, for they more lively rot. Even virtue is no longer such if it be stagnant. A man’s life should be constantly as fresh as this river. It should be the same channel, but a new water every instant.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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Four thousand leagues from the ninth buried city
I thought of Troy, what we had built her for.”
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In the buried past of the earth,
Built Nineveh with our sighing,
And Babel itself with our mirth;”
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