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Funeral pages recount Garfield's burial rites and ceremonies
Descriptions of Garfield's funeral proceedings in Washington on Sept 21 23 and 24 detailing private transport to the rotunda catafalque open services at 3 pm prayers hymns and processions to the depot. Diplomatic corps army navy officials and family attendance noted with later arrival of mourning decorations and public viewings.
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Senate
Bright
Catafalque
Knights Templar
Beassant Commandery
Baltimore
Stevens
Lawton
Butler
Jennings
Army of the Cumberland
Diplomatic Corps
Capitol
Arthur
Blaine
Grant and
Hayes
Windom
Lincoln
Hunt
McVeigh
Kirkwood
James
Garfield
Army and Navy
House of Representatives
Jesus
Wasutxotoy
Baltimore & Potomac
Washington
Benning
Wilson
Union
Mount Vernon
Northern Central Railroad
Philadelphia
New York
Richmond
James Wormly
Nichols
Navy
White House
Lospos
Lavcet
Panccras
Snerrreep
Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
Loxpox
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Lowell
Col
Poulett Carleton
Cheltenham
Trafalgar
Waterloo
Qreenstown
President Garfield
United States
New Mexico
Sasta Fe
Sheldon
Nana
New Mexican
Paso del Norte
Wasnixetus
Department of State
Elmerton
Wuerras
Chester A. Arthur
Senate of
Cuesten A. Angra
James G. Draise
Cleveland
Cone Wires
Cleveland Singing Society
Geethoven
Nin Beinning
Mendelssohn
St. Vaal
Far Field
Menemental Park
Euclid Avenue
Evie Streets
Evie and
Superior
Lake View Cemetery
Hudd Avenue
Te Pittsburg Railway Crossing
Hiram
Chiramauga
House of Congress
Whitehouse
Duval
J.P. Wade
A. H. 2. Payne
Jos. Perkins
Garfield Mos
Lake View
James A. Garfield
Second National Bank of Cleveland
Garfield Monumental Fund
J.H. Ware
H.B. Hys
Josefa Parker
Pittsocks
yPrrrserns
Altoona
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Robert
Union Depot
Allegheny City
Grand Army of the Republic
West Park