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Identifier: someoldhistoricl02snow (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Snowden, William H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Printed by G. H. Ramey & son
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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The Old Gateway of Mount Vernon, and Lodges. Through this gateway in Colonial times passed all the travel by land to the Man-sion of Mount Vernon. A road led from it to the Old Kings Highway about half amile distant. A superannuated negro was always there with obsequious bow to openthe gate for the approaching visitor. ! 22 30ME old ni?TOnic LANDMARKS
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THE OLD VIRGINIA REEL. Wry sweet and very merry, very faint and far away,Now I hear the ancient fiddlers on the strings begin to play, ling time with swaying bodies and a kind of whispered croonTill a host of dainty slippers follow to the dear old tune.* * * ■::• Ah, the instruments are shattered and the strings are snapped in twain, And the fiddlers have forgotten and will never play again ! Twas the creaking of the branches on the shingles to and fro That recalled to me the music and the mirth of long ago. But above the Stars eternal in their faded pinks and blues, With the powder on their ringlets, and the buckles on their shoes I shall see the beaux and sweethearts in a long procession kneel And their harps will play the music of an old Virginia reel. Minnie Irving. The publication of a second part or continuation of these Landmarks will be published at an earlydale. The following are some of the subjects it will contain : iptain John Smith the first explorer of the Potomac. P

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