3. A Gravestone
Among the boxy mausoleums and rectangular gravestones of the picturesque Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York, one grave marker stands out from the rest. The grave of Reverend Dr. M. Moran Weston II is marked with a replica of the Trylon and Perisphere. It’s unclear what Weston’s connection to the World’s Fair or these specific buildings was. Weston was a “banker-priest” from Harlem who was one of the first black graduates of Columbia University. He died in 2002. His grave is located at the top of a hill, near the grave of actress Billie Burke who played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz and was married to theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
