On December 5th, 1782, Martin Van Buren was born in a modest family tavern in Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY and returned to the town following his one term as president from 1837 to 1841.
He spent the next twenty years as a political candidate, an innovative farmer, and an engaged community member. Van Buren died on July 24, 1862 and was buried in the Kinderhook Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, where his wife Hannah, his parents, and his son Martin Van Buren Jr. are also buried. [Read more…] about Martin Van Buren’s Birthday Being Commemorated in Kinderhook