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Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s pictorial guide to Washington and environs ..
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Rand McNally and Company
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Publisher: Chicago : Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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THE OLD TOMB. Grounds and Buildings. The Tomb of Washington is the first object of attention, and stands immediatelyat the head of the path from the landing. Its position, small dimensions, and plainform of brick were dictated by Washington in his will. The back partTomb of of it, extending, into the bank, and closed by iron doors, entombs the Washing^ton. bodies of about forty members and relatives of the family. The frontpart, closed by plain iron gates, through which anyone may look, con-tains two plain sarcophagi, each excavated from a single block of marble, which weremade and presented by John Struthers of Philadelphia, in 1837. That one in the
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166 PICTORIAL GUIDE TO WASHINGTON. center of the little inclosure holds the mortal remains of the Father of his Country,within the mahogany coffin in which they were originally placed. At his left is thebody of his consort, Martha Washington. Botli the sarcophagi are sealed and areintended never to be opened; nor are the vaults at the rear. Four times a year,however, the iron gates are opened by the authorities, and it is on these occasionsthat the wreaths and other offerings of flowers are deposited. This was not the first burial-place of Washington. At the time of his death his body was placed in the older and smaller family tomb a few steps farther north and nearer the river, which is now overgrown with ivy and shaded by Old Tomb. immense oaks. Here Mrs. Washington was laid beside him, and there they remained until 1837, when they were removed to their present resting-place. Judge Bush rod Washington and several other relatives of the family

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