Richard McDonald’s Niche in Manchester, New Hampshire

There is no more iconic fast food chain than McDonald’s. With locations in more than 100 different countries and service to about 68 million people on a daily basis, it is commonly believed that the company’s logo—the Golden Arches—is one of the most recognizable symbols on Earth. Yet the final resting place of Richard McDonald—one half of the McDonald brothers who founded the chain in the 1940s—is a humble niche in the tranquil Mount Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in Manchester, New Hampshire, the town in which he and his brother…

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