1964
Herbert Clark Hoover Dies
By the time of his death, he had rehabilitated his image. His birthplace in Iowa and an Oregon home where he lived as a child became National Landmarks during his lifetime. His Rapidan fishing camp in Virginia, which he had donated to the government in 1933, is now a National Historic Landmark within the Shenandoah National Park. Hoover and his wife are buried at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. Hoover was honored with a state funeral in which he lay in state at the United States Capitol rotunda. This was the last of three state funerals in a span of 12 months, coming as it did just after the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and General Douglas MacArthur.