 Memorials to Garfield were erected across the country . On April 10 , 1882 , seven months after Garfield 's death , the U.S. Post Office issued a postage stamp in his honor , the second stamp issued by the U.S. to honor an assassinated president . In 1884 , sculptor Frank Happersberger completed a monument on the grounds of the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers . In 1887 , the James A. Garfield Monument was dedicated in Washington . Another monument , in Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park , was erected in 1896 . In Victoria , Australia , Cannibal Creek was renamed Garfield in his honor . 
