Ever wondered what drives someone to visit the final resting place of every US president? Watch the video recording of our latest event for an entertaining book talk with Kurt Deion, a history enthusiast turned “Presidential Grave Hunter,” at the Historic Congressional Cemetery!
Fascinated by the U.S. presidents since a young age, Kurt embarked on a mission to visit each chief executive’s burial site. Both his grave quest and his love of history expanded over time. In 2016 Kurt earned a B.A. in History from Bryant University. He received the Pell Medal for U.S. History and presented to one graduating senior from each Rhode Island high school and college who displayed excellence in studying United States history. In 2019 Kurt earned an M.A. in History, Public History Track, from the University of Massachusetts Boston. At age 14 he launched kurtshistoricsites.com to document his travels and encourage others to visit gravesites and engage in hands-on history. His website and cemetery pilgrimages were the subject of a 2015 interview on the C-SPAN show Q&A. He currently works as an education specialist at Historic Congressional Cemetery and since 2023 has been a White House Historical Association next-gen leader.
For more information about the Historic Congressional Cemetery, visit: https://congressionalcemetery.org/.
