garrison was buried in the forest hills cemetery in boston's jamaica plain neighborhood on may 28, 1879. at the public memorial service, eulogies were given by theodore dwight weld and wendell phillips. eight abolitionist friends, both white and black, served as his pallbearers. flags were flown at half-staff all across boston. frederick douglass, then employed as a united states marshal, spoke in memory of garrison at a memorial service in a church in washington, d.c., saying, "it was the glory of this man that he could stand alone with the truth, and calmly await the result."