The General was a horse owned by US President John Tyler. When he died, John Tyler had The General buried on his Sherwood Forest Plantation, in the Sherwood Forest Pet Cemetery.
The horse's epitaph reads:
Here lie the bones of my old horse, "General,"
who served his master faithfully
for twenty-one years.
And never made a blunder.
Would that his master could say the same!
See also
References
- "A history of presidential pets". KETK. August 11, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- Barnhardt, Mike (February 17, 2022). "Presidential Sites: John Tyler's presidency filled with controversy". The Davie County Enterprise Record. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- Whitley, Davis (December 29, 2015). "Virginia, USA: Presidential plantations with a dark past". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
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