Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . wild flowers blooming near by, strewed them about with kindly regard to light upfor the hour at least, the utter loneliness of the spot. OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 95 Surely this place of sepulture, presenting in its loneliness and neglect so saddening acontrast to the kindly, reverential care which has been bestowed by a grateful peopleupon the home and last resting-place of his neighbor and early companion, GeorgeWashington, deserve
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . wild flowers blooming near by, strewed them about with kindly regard to light upfor the hour at least, the utter loneliness of the spot. OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 95 Surely this place of sepulture, presenting in its loneliness and neglect so saddening acontrast to the kindly, reverential care which has been bestowed by a grateful peopleupon the home and last resting-place of his neighbor and early companion, GeorgeWashington, deserves a fitting enclosure, and should receive at the hands of friends anddescendants that care and loving attention which the eminent worth and characters ofthe sleepers there entombed so well deserve. Who then of all Virginians who fondlycherish the memories of the ante-revolutionary days and revere the men who were in-strumental in evolving their state and national governments from colonial chaos willnow come forward and initiate a movement for the accomplishment of this object. Notonly should an inclosure be provided, but a monument to their memory as GRAVES OF WILLIAM AND DEBORAH FAIRFAX. Where shall once the wanderer weary Or upon some lonely seashoreMeet his resting-place and shrine : Rest at last beneath the sands ? L palm trees bv the Ganges, Tis no matter I Gods wide heavenUnder lindens of the Rhine ? Must surround me there as here : Shall I somewhere in the desert And as death lamps oer me swingingOwe my grave to stranger hands ? Ni^ht by night the stars burn clear. The old road running down from the mansion to the rivers edge over which Wash-ington so frequently passed in his visits by water to his friends the Fairfaxes with whomhe was on the most intimate and cordial relations, may still be traced through a growthof pines, oaks and cedars. Here at Belvoir in those primitive titnes lived like feudal magnates, the representa-tives ot the honorable Fairfax fam
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