Arlington Cemetery A Beautiful Place Consecrated to the Past
Special correspondence describes Arlington National Cemetery as a moving, historic site reachable via Georgetown and Potomac highlights. It notes 16,288 soldiers buried there including 4,449 unknowns, with orderly white heartstones and names like Sherman Whittier Jackson Lee and Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Cemetery
Georgetown
George Washington
College
Aqueduct Bridge
Potomac
Fort Meyer
Arlington
Sherman
Whittier
Spaulding
Jackson
Lee
Buchanan
Lawrence
Sheridan
Grant
Randolph
Allen
Jacksons
Andrew Grant
J.” Plenty
Arlington House and Lee Heritage at Arlington Cemetery
A long feature describes Arlington House and its grounds as a monumental relic of Gen. Robert E. Lee, detailing the portico with doric columns, the cemetery’s 40,000 annual visitors, and monuments to Washington Custis Lee, Sheridan, and others. It notes former slave Wesley Syfax and the estate’s 200 enslaved people once there, plus the graves of Washington Custis and Mary Randolph, with a reverent view toward American history and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington House
Roberts E
Custis
George Washington
Washington
Arlington
Gen. Lee
Sheridan
War Office
Patent Office
Alexandria- Georgetown
Mt. Vernon
Potomac
Great
Capitol
Monument
Pension Office
Treasury
White House
War
State
Navy
Temple of Fame
Grant
Farragut
Lincoln
Garfield
Thomas
Meade
McPherson
Sedgwick
Reynolds
Humphreys
Mansfield
Green Sword
Wesley Syfax
Robert E. Lee
George Washington Custis
Mary Ran
Delmonico’s Blacklist and Aues of a Dining Magnate
Special correspondence describes Delmonico’s blacklist and its social impact, detailing how ostracism deprives men of access to private rooms after minor offenses. It also lists staggering business figures: four restaurants, 900 waiters, annual rent around $60,000 at the main site, total receipts near $3.6 million, and monthly payroll plus lavish operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiban
J. B. Arnold
Binghamton
S. Y
New York
Caelmonico
Black Lst
Debmonico
Debnant
Delznonico
Fred May
Wilmington
James Gordon Bennett
Europe
Black Fist
Delmonico’s
Lorder
Delmonico
Tam
Broadway
Twentysixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Beaver Street
Delmonico Estate
Delmonito
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Idennity
Binghamton, N
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Penntwania
United States
High Seas
Lome
Charles W. Stone
The
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Cortland Corset Co
Cortland,n.y
Water ‘Street
Warren, Pa
Avu
Old
Virginia
Wasarmetox
Haroes
Arlington National Cemetery
Bull Rup
Rappahannock
Theodore O'Tiara
Frankfort
Dolph
Isis
Wesley Syrax
Robert Graves
Boston Courier
Boston
Eunice
OUR
Heston
Wu. Arurs & Sons
Philada
Baker
Williams
Harvest Home
Delmoniva
G. B. Williams
Adelphia Kitchens
Warren, Penn
Warren
FL Watson
B. Neamish
Vice Press
A.J. Marestine
Cashier
L. ¥. Watson
H. Hunter
M. B. Dunham
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
A. J. Haselstine
L. K. Freeman
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
D. L. Gerould
H. .A. Jamieson
V. Davis
P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W. D. Brown
Parmice
A. T. Scofield
Prin
Eric Erickson
Tadian
Mass
OA. P, Ordway & Coy
Conewango
Foundry
ASD
Machine Shop
Conewango Foundry and Machine Shop
John T. Hjll
Island
G. Koeblrey
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