The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
their deeds are known. And II is fitting
that here should be implanted another
tablet inscribed with the verse:
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the halloWed spot
Where yalor proudly sleeps

Where yalor proudly sleeps
Beyond this monument, indeed, there
rises the Temple Of Fame. Il is an open
circular colonnade with low. domed roof.
and each pillar bears the name Of some
distinguished officer. These names are
Garfield, Meade, Mcpherson, Sedgwiek,
Reynolds, Humphrey. and Mansfield.
On the entablature there is inscribed
these names: Washington, Lincoln.
Grant. and Farragut.
There are two other points which are
of particular interest TO those who love
their country. To the south, in the new
section OF the cemetery, lie the graves
Of the soldiers who were victims to the
Spanish war They were buried here
by order Of President Mckinley, buried
with full military hOnOrs. while on that
day every department in Washington
was closed. The graves are simple here.
but more Of them are decorated with
| flags and flowers than IN any other part
of the cemetery. The wounds to the liv-
ing are more recent-there are more sur
vivors still TO mourn
In this same section the most impress
siye and solemn monument is that made
of a huge ships anchor resting on a
granite slab and ianked by two old
Spanish cannon. Here lie the remains Of
the l6S men Of the ill-fated Maine and the
anchor is the Names
Hard by this section there Is another
tablet with another Of O'Hara's verses:
Nor wreck. nor change nor winters blight,
Nor times remOTseless doom
Shall dim one ray Of holy light
That ylds your glorious tomb
These are the show places OF Arlington
Cemetery, the grandest OF all the national
cemeteries throughout the country, of
which there are eighty-three. OHaras s
verses are inscribed on tablets in all OF
them.
But there is no oYlo spot more than an
other in this most beautiful natural gar
den that can focus the interest. It Is
all so Impressive, so stately, so magnifl-
cent Wen may one remember Tenny-
sons lines:
Kings have no such couch rs thine
As the green that folds Thy grave
On HaIIOWed Ground.
To enter the gates Of Arlington Is to
feel at once that you are on haIlowed
ground. Above the rgpt stiffness you may
hear the song Of birds. upon the velvet
turf the bushy-tailed squirrels run in
and ont az play Here and there among
the trees you shall see old men and bent
STOPPING over. busted about the graves
veterans themselves. keeping the last
resting place Of their old comrades in
order
Through the marvellous tracery Of To-
hage the suns light falls upon these null
titudinous graves with a softer light and
gentler warmth; strange shadows pass
across the t0mbs as the river breeze
sways the branches. This Is the home Of
peace, Of rest-the field Of despair grown
by faith and love into the garden of a
larger hope.
From all quarters OF the world visitors
come here. Look at one day on the regis
tration book, one day. an average one.
and see here visitors from many cities
They are registered from Lebanon. Ind.
San Antonio, Tex: Thurston, Ca; Chi
cago. Marshallt0wn, Iowa; Wood Run.
Nebr.. Charlestown. Tenn: Wynne, Ark;
Okmulgee. Ind. Ter; Macon, Ca: Lon
don. England, and Pendleton, Greg. Some
days there are hundreds of visitors, on
others there are few. but all 20 away in
spired by the peaoefulness and the glory
Of this beautiful place which, rightly in
terpreted, means so much 70 the real
spirit and heart Of American Institutions.
Peace is the dominant note throughout
the place; peace and beauty. In this city
OF the dead. death seems to be beautiful
the long, long rest; duty well done.
fame's measure filled 90 the foaming
brim and the peace OF God that passeth
all understanding.
II is a good place to watch the sun de-
clining in the West: its sinking rays
strike the tall shaft OF that noble Monu-
ment ACROSS the river, turning ones
thoughts from the long wished.Sor rest
back again 10 the call OF the duties Of
life. As the shadows quicken and the hush
OF twilight falls the visitors pass out.
hurrying back 10 the joy OF living. The
twitter OF the birds. who find here such
ideal homes. are hUshed now: the suuir-
rels have sought their refuge in the trees.
No longer can one decipher the tnscrip-
tons on the tombs.
Come away; For Life and Thought
Here no longer dwell:
But IN a city glorfaus
A great and distant cIty-hars bought
A mansion tncouIptibe.
Would they could have stayed with usI