This morning I read a story about a guy paying $17,000 for pieces of hair that may have been George Washington’s.

MAY have been. For $17,000 I want video of Washington cutting it off his own head, signing it and extensive DNA testing to confirm the authenticity.

But that’s not even the best part of the story. The Associated Press article was printed all over the country with a final line about just how that hair MAY have been obtained. It said the hair might have been snipped when Washington’s body was disinterred in 1837. End of article.

Wait just a minute here. Our first president was disinterred 38 years after his death? AP, you’re just going to throw that out there without an explanation? I thought maybe this was some sort of common knowledge that I somehow missed growing up in the shadow of Washington’s city. But after a little Google searching, I don’t think that’s the case.

According to a source I’m not entirely confident about, Washington’s tomb at Mt. Vernon wasn’t all that great. Grave robbers made an attempt at some of his family’s remains, so a better tomb was built and Washington’s body was moved.

Ok, not that exciting. But at another site, I came across a surprising trend. If you want to rest in peace, in one place, don’t be president of the United States. Grave robbers also made an attempt at Abraham Lincoln’s remains. Six, yes SIX other presidents were either exhumed or disinterred after being laid to rest.

John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley and Warren Harding were all moved at some point following their death. How did I miss this information? I feel robbed. Not grave robbed, but maybe grave robbed of the mind.

Book report tomorrow.