. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. llotte and many others; and themonuments are often exceedingly appropriate. The interestincreases as the Mansion is approached. On the brow of thisbluff are buried Gen. Philip Sheridan, beneath a grand memorialstone; Admiral David D. Porter, George H. Crook,whose monument bears a bronze bas-relief of the surrender ofthe Apache Geronimo; Abner Doubleday, thehistorian of Gettysburg; Generals Meigs, Ricketts, Benet andWatkins; Colonel Bcrdan of sharpshooter fame, and the rear of the mansion is a miniature tem
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. llotte and many others; and themonuments are often exceedingly appropriate. The interestincreases as the Mansion is approached. On the brow of thisbluff are buried Gen. Philip Sheridan, beneath a grand memorialstone; Admiral David D. Porter, George H. Crook,whose monument bears a bronze bas-relief of the surrender ofthe Apache Geronimo; Abner Doubleday, thehistorian of Gettysburg; Generals Meigs, Ricketts, Benet andWatkins; Colonel Bcrdan of sharpshooter fame, and the rear of the mansion is a miniature temple upon whose columns are engravedthe names of greatAmerican soldiers; anda lovely amphitheaterof columns, vine-embowered, whereDecoration Day cere-monies and open-airburial services may beconducted. Near it isa great granite mauso-leum in which reposethe bones of 2,111 un-known soldiers gath-ered, after the war, fromthe battle field of BullRun, and thence to the Memorial to Unknown Dead RappahanilOck. It is Arlington Cemetery SUrrOUuded by CanUOU. 58 RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE
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