The remains of Braille have been interred in two distinct places

Louis Braille's remains were exhumed in Coupvray on June 20th, 1952, and transported to Paris where they were respectfully placed at the Panthéon. However, Braille's hand bones were kept apart and in a concrete box that was placed on top of his vacant tomb in Coupvray. President of the Republic Vincent Auriol, as well as delegates from more than twenty nations and blind persons, all attended the ceremony in Paris. Braille had told Foucault in 1841 that for blind people, communication was crucial "if we are not to go on being ridiculed or patronized by condescending sighted people. We don't need sympathy, and we don't need to be reminded of our frailty. Communication is the key to achieving our goal of being treated equally.”

All the church bells in Paris were ringing on the day of his reburial as the casket was brought through the streets. Jules Vincent Auriol, the president of France, marched behind Helen Keller's coffin alongside her, followed by endless rows of blind people tapping their white canes in gratitude to Louis Braille. Since then, he has received several tributes from all around the world, including the use of his picture on a $1 coin in the United States and a $5 coin in the Pacific island nation of Palau.