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Paying Homage to Walt Whitman in Camden, New Jersey
Walt Whitman commissioned the construction of this granite mausoleum—his final resting place in Harleigh Cemetery—while he was living on Mickle Street in Camden, New Jersey. The mausoleum cost $4,000, a hefty sum considering he only paid $1,750 for his house nearby in 1884. The gray tomb was built on the side of a hill and looks down upon a lake surrounded by abundant green hills. Next to the mausoleum is a stone plaque inscribed with an excerpt from Whitman’s "Song of Myself," in Leaves of Grass: “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.”
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