Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-28
Points of Historic Interest in the Vicinity of
Washington.

No. POI. Fort Myer: One of the larg-
est military posts of the L. S. army
There is usually regiment of caval-
~ and several companies of coast ar
tillery stationed here. Southwest from
Arlington is the wireless telegraph sta
ton of the u. s. Navy Department. the
best equipped and most powerful sta
tion in the western hemisphere. 1t has
three iron masts. $50 to 600 feet high.
and daily receives time signals from
the EiffeI Tower. Paris, and when fully
equipped will. it is believed, reach all
parts of the world
No. 2s2. Arlington Cemetery. on the
Virginia Hills. across the Potomac:
national cemetery where are buried
soldiers of both armies who died in the
civil war. Famous officers as Sheridan,
Crook, Wright, Meigs. Wheeler. AMI
Lawton of the army, and Porter. Greer.
Roe, Sampson. and Schley of the navy
are buried in this cemetery In 1910
the body of L'Enfant was transferred
from the Digs Farm to Arlington
The remains of the sailors. officers, and
marines recovered from the wreck Of
the Maine in 1912 are buried here. The
house was built in 1902 and was the
tbs. the adopted son of Gen. Washing
ton. whose daughter married Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee, and. where they lived for
many years before the civil war
south of Washington. In this quaint
town Originally called Bellhaven).
founded in 174s. is the house from
which Braddock started on his march
in 1855: Christ Church. where Wash
1ngton. and later Lee. attended service:
the Masonic lodge where Washington
presided as worshipful mahter. con-
tanning important Masonic relics: AMI
the building where Ellsworth was shot
No. 2s4. Mount Vernon: On the west
bank of the Potomac river, sixteen
miles south of Washington. The last
home of President Washington. and his
No 2s5 woodlayn: On the road
from Mount Vernon. four miles from
Bslvoir- The home of Nellie Custis.
Washington's adopted daughter. who
presented IL TO her and her husband,
tion. and is beautiful specimen OF
No. ,s5 woodlawn. On the road
On the west bank Of the Potomac river,
liam Fairfax, where George Washing
ton met Lord Fairfax, who gave him
his frst employment as a surveyor.
No 2s1 Gunston Han; On the west
bank of the Potomac river, below
Mount Vernon. The home and burial
place of George Mason. author of the
bill of rights and the constitution of
Virginia.
No. 2Ss. Anacostis. Nichols avenue
The Government Hospital for the In
sane. known as st. Elizabeth's because
located on a tract OF land of that name.
Insane persons of the army and navy
and the U. s. marine corps are treated
here. On a hill nearby is the house
where Frederick Douglass spent the
last years OF his life.
No. 2s9- Fort Washington. on the
east side Of the Potomac: This fort, the
plans of which were made by LEnfant.
was evacuated by its commander after
being shelled and made untenable by
the British in 1914. 1T is now a gov
eminent fort.
No. 800. Marshall Hall: On the east
hank of the Potomac river. opposite
Mount Vernon. The home of Thomas
Hanson Marshall. who served under
Washington during the war of the rev.
olution. 1t Is said that Capt. John
Smith visited this place In 1908, and