America, picturesque and descriptive . Avhich is faithfully preserved as a patri-otic heritnge and place of pilgrimage for visitors fromall parts of the world. The steamboat lands at AV^ashingtons Avharf at thefoot of the bluff, Avhere he formerly loaded his bargeswith flour ground at his own mill, shipping most of itfrom Alexandria to the West Indies. The road fromthe wdiarf leads up a ravine cut diagonally in the faceof the bluff, directly to Washingtons tomb, and along-side the ravine are several weeping willows that werebrought from Napoleons grave at 8t. Helena. Wash-ingtons will directed
America, picturesque and descriptive . Avhich is faithfully preserved as a patri-otic heritnge and place of pilgrimage for visitors fromall parts of the world. The steamboat lands at AV^ashingtons Avharf at thefoot of the bluff, Avhere he formerly loaded his bargeswith flour ground at his own mill, shipping most of itfrom Alexandria to the West Indies. The road fromthe wdiarf leads up a ravine cut diagonally in the faceof the bluff, directly to Washingtons tomb, and along-side the ravine are several weeping willows that werebrought from Napoleons grave at 8t. Helena. Wash-ingtons will directed that his tomb shall be built ofbrick, and it is a plain sipiari^ brick structure, withaAvide arched gateway in front and d(uible iron is the inscription on a marble slab, Withinthis enclosure rests the remains of General GeorgeAVashington. The vault is about twelve feet square,the interior being plainly seen through the gates. Ithas upon the floor two larg(^ stone coflins, that on the xromb of CClaBbtnaton, mount IDernon. WASHINGTONS HOME AND TOMB. 45 right hand containing Washington, and that on theleft his widow Martha, who survived him over ayear. In a chased vault at the rear are the remainsof numerous relatives, and in front of the tombmonuments are erected to several of them. Nomonument marks the hero, but carved upon thecoffin is the American coat-of-arms, with the singleword Washington. The road, farther ascending the bluff, passes theoriginal tomb, with the old tombstone antedatingWashington and bearing the words WashingtonFamily. This was the tomb, then containing theremains, which Lafayette visited in 1824, escorted bya military guard from Alexandria to Mount Vernon,paying homage to the dead amid salvos of cannonreverberating across the broad Potomac. It is around-topped and slightly elevated oven-shapedvault. The road at the top of the bluff reaches themansion, standing in a commanding position, with afine view over the river to the Maryland shore. Itis
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