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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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ild flowers blooming near by, strewed them about with kindly regard to light upfor the hour at least, the utter loneliness of the spot. M SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS 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 well.
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GRAVES OF WILLIAM AND DEBORAH FAIRFAX. W here shall once the wanderer weary Or upon some lonely seashoreMeet his resting-place and shrine : Rest at last beneath the sands ? Under palm trees by the lianges, Tis no matter! Gods wide heavenUnder lindens of the Rhine ? Must surround me there as here: Shall I somwhere in the desert And as death lamps oer me swingingOwe my grave to stranger hands? Night by night the stars burn clear. The old wood 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 cedats. Here at Belvoir in those primitive times lived like feudal magnates, the representa-tives of the honorable Fairfax family, who marrying and giving in marriage with othernoted scions of Virginia, saw their wealth and influence steadily increase as the yearspassed on. As we behold the ma

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