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3/24/02
old tomb and by the kitchen - a fascinating old place with a "dresser" and "pewter" and a "brick oven" and a marvelous fireplace and all. We rested awhile where we could look at the hazy river, and then went outside and got a very funny lunch (ham sandwiches & milk, mostly) at the queer little restaurant by the station. Waited on by a quaint pokey man, but we didn't mind it. We took the 2:20 train back, deciding not to stop at Alex- andria, as we were able to see the Marshall House (where the first man was killed in the Rebellion) and Christ's Church from the cars, which go right down Washington Street - the main thorough fare of the town. We did change at "Arlington Junction" and went up on a stub line to one of the entrances of Arlington where carriages met us and climbed the hill and took us all thro' the famous old placed - past the acres of little white stones of the "privates" and the ornate ones of the officers. We saw where the sailors from the "Maine" were laid - and all from the Spanish War - in a place apart from the the civil war graves. We saw Gen. Lawton's new grave with

3/24/02
old tomb and by the kitchen - a fascinating old place with a "dresser" and "pewter" and a "brick oven" and a marvelous fireplace and all. We rested awhile where we could look at the hazy river, and then went outside and got a very funny lunch (ham sandwiches & milk, mostly) at the queer little restaurant by the station. Waited on by a quaint pokey man, but we didn't mind it. We took the 2:20 train back, deciding not to stop at Alex- andria, as we were able to see the Marshall House (where the first man was killed in the Rebellion) and Christ's Church from the cars, which go right down Washington Street - the main thorough fare of the town. We did change at "Arlington Junction" and went up on a stub line to one of the entrances of Arlington where carriages met us and climbed the hill and took us all thro' the famous old placed - past the acres of little white stones of the "privates" and the ornate ones of the officers. We saw where the sailors from the "Maine" were laid - and all from the Spanish War - in a place apart from the the civil war graves. We saw Gen. Lawton's new grave with

3/24/02
old tomb and by the kitchen - a fascinating old place with a "dresser" and "pewter" and a "brick oven" and a marvelous fireplace and all. We rested awhile where we could look at the hazy river, and then went outside and got a very funny lunch (ham sandwiches & milk, mostly) at the queer little restaurant by the station. Waited on by a quaint pokey man, but we didn't mind it. We took the 2:20 train back, deciding not to stop at Alex- andria, as we were able to see the Marshall House (where the first man was killed in the Rebellion) and Christ's Church from the cars, which go right down Washington Street - the main thorough fare of the town. We did change at "Arlington Junction" and went up on a stub line to one of the entrances of Arlington where carriages met us and climbed the hill and took us all thro' the famous old placed - past the acres of little white stones of the "privates" and the ornate ones of the officers. We saw where the sailors from the "Maine" were laid - and all from the Spanish War - in a place apart from the the civil war graves. We saw Gen. Lawton's new grave with
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