. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . in the country ; you will go out to ArHngton, on theVirginia shore of the Potomac, which affords an excellent ex-ample of the homestead of an old Virginia family, where you X . :;^^; ■J r- :-.§-i# HMSffli w ^^^^^^» ^ f^ ^^^^^M^ ^^wM ^^B tr *w ^P -*^ ^ft«- THE MANSION, .MOUNT \ ERNON. 68 will see the graves of sixteen thousand soldiers who fell inthe struggle between the North and the South ; and you willtake a drive through the most fashionable residence portion ofthe city and suburbs to the great Falls of the Potomac, wherethe city reservo
. Pennsylvania railroad to the Columbian exposition . in the country ; you will go out to ArHngton, on theVirginia shore of the Potomac, which affords an excellent ex-ample of the homestead of an old Virginia family, where you X . :;^^; ■J r- :-.§-i# HMSffli w ^^^^^^» ^ f^ ^^^^^M^ ^^wM ^^B tr *w ^P -*^ ^ft«- THE MANSION, .MOUNT \ ERNON. 68 will see the graves of sixteen thousand soldiers who fell inthe struggle between the North and the South ; and you willtake a drive through the most fashionable residence portion ofthe city and suburbs to the great Falls of the Potomac, wherethe city reservoir is located, and on which you will see someof the most picturesque scenery around Washington. MountXernon, the home of Washington, which remains in all itsappointments just as it was w^hen occupied by the Father ofhis Country, must also be visited, as must the Soldiers Homeaud the National Cemetery, with its fifty-four hundred andtwenty-four graves of soldiers and its granite memorial chapel,in which are the remains of General John A. CHICAGO.
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