Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-30
GRAVE OF MIR. DAVIS.
IFS Beautiful Location and How Il May
Be Reached.
OTHER PRESIDENTS BURIED THERE
Tombs Of Tyler and Monroe and Oh
Many Noble VirSlnlanS'
PLACES TO BE VISITED
Soldiers, Home, Lee Monument the '"p''
toll. and other Noted Ian ''n"rA'
WIN Interest Visitors

To ,bosa veterans who were A'i'e
,..,,or ~ President Davis 10 put
,o.ohos % Richmond in 1866, ana ""o
,af, the then noble city on the JAM,
Ian, hei,9 consumed by flames ING
..,a~ntec.rt city which they now VISIT F"
do honor TO those who bravery surrei'u''
cd their lives, their freedom, their every
thing except principle in It's detehce' wa
nrasent n vastly different appearance
,rom what IL did on that memoraoie uay
when ragged and forlorn they marcneu
across the bridges and burned them a''e'
them. A..
Though completely devastated by nre'
Richmond, Phoenix-like, has risen rum
,ts ashes, and to-day is one OF the mos
nroeressiye and handsome cities III INC
graa, southland In the years that nave
NO ssed since the great struggle between
the North and the South. hichihon0 ''''
made astonishing strides in popuiatioh'
in manufactures, In The JoDoihs Vaue' ~
general commerce, and business OF every
| description, but in nothing mas hel pO
| eress been more strlklnsy ~,
| than i'm the great number OF eleeah1 ie'i
ORR PRESIDENTS GRAVE.
Tho ,rinds of a great majority OF the
| veterans who come to attend the unNeh-
| inc will naturally revert TO the scene
| witch was enacted just one year ago TO-
| dav when the body of jefferson DAVIS
| the beloved president OF the Confederacy,
|. was laid to rest in beautitul hollywood
| cemetery. and naturally the Footsteps Oh
the old soldiers will turn In the ultec'io"
! OF that hallowed spot
| This cemetery Is one of the most PIC
turesoue In America. IL Is undulating
| ground, and is filed with oaks ana nor
lies of original growth. Just at inns sea,
son OF the year, when nature mas sdroeu
the stately old trees In their most eor-
| peous anparel, il ia also fragrant win
| The sweet-scented magnolia and roses.
| The place at which Mr.. Davis IS burleu
| vas selected by Mrs. Davis for the rest
| ing-place of her husbands remains ana
is in the western part or new addilloh o'
! Hollvwood. on the plan of half amphl'
theatre on a somewhat abrupt slope
overlooking the river. There is naturally
no more beautiful place In all or kich'
mond's great city of the dead, nor one
the attractions Of which are more capa'
BILE of being enhanced by artificial means
The location and its surroundings once
| seen are not easily forgotten.
The situation. while secluded, Is at tht
Same time very accessible. The most dt-
rect route 10 It Is via the main drive In
| the cemetery to Midvale avenue, whlcf
enters this drive at the branch and from
Midyale avenue turn into Riverside ave
nue..
OTHER SPOTS OF INTEREST.
After leaving the grave OF the deat
President. the interested visitor nigh
profitably while away several hours II
| Visiting other points OF interest In tn,
beautiful cemetery. The soldiers monu
ment, an immense granite pyramid, stands
In honor OF 1900 Confederates burieC
around II, on Chapel Hill, due north and
at the other side Of the cemetery Neal
this IS Pickett's monument and grave
and not far off IL Stuart's monument ant
grave. The sarcophagus covering III
grave of President Monroe should mex
be visited. This may be reached from
the monument by way Of Riverside ave
nue.. In close proximity 10 the remains
OF Monroe. and on the same hill. lie thos,
OF President Tyler. Commodore Maury
and Governor Wise. Not far from thes
is the old Davis section. from which tn,
body OF little Joe Davis, the President
son, was removed. The grave OF Gen
eral Lindsay Walker Is just across IN
road from this. Keeping westward o.
Riverside avenue into Bellevue aVenu
! about 900 yards, one will reach, on
prominence the last resting place @
John Randolph of Roanoke, and clos
. by the grave OF General John r. Cooke
1t might be we'll to postpone the visit L
the Davis section until after leaving Gen
eral Cookies grave, for after clrclin
about through the beautiful avenues IN
| visitor again finds himself In easy walk
ing distance Of the Presidents grave.
SOLDIERS HOME NEARBY.
d.; The Confederate Soldiers Home, o
; | grounds adjoining the spacious Reservo
= Park, is not far from Hollywood, and
a place that is visited by all stranger
\ and at this time should be a special oil
y. ject Of attraction. Electric-cars will tab
visitors to within a short distance of III
1 home. From here the Lee monument
: in sight, and this should BE- the ne,
I; place visited. This monument unites II
:. | gracefuIness of the Grecian style OF arch
J, lecture with the soldity OF modern T,
J.; duirements; is In itself a grand structur
!, but is secondary to the magnificent eque'