London’s Highgate Cemetery: Why the Grave of President Lincoln’s Chiropodist has Become a Tourist Destination
Issachar Zacharie’s gravestone in London (Photo: Loz Flowers/Flickr)
The film “Lincoln” has created an odd, new tourist destination in London’s Highgate Cemetery.
It’s the grave site of Dr. Isacher Zacharie who tended to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. For the Geo Quiz, we’re asking you to name the parts of the presidential body Dr. Zacharie treated.
Answer: President Lincoln’s feet. Reporter Russell Newlove explains this footnote of history from London.
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