Evening star., 1915-09-28
Nearly 200 Locations Marked.

Nearly 900 Locations Marked.
Nearly 200 of these locations have
been marked with artistic bronze tab
let's so that the veterans and their
quests may be able to find these shrines
and read just why they are visited
each year by thousands of tourists.
Each marker is numbered and in the
little booklet opposite that number is
q concise description of the event that
made that place famous.
For the convenience of the veterans
this list has been printed IN sections,
the first dealing exclusively with places
that figured conspicuously in the war;
the grand review and muster-out OF
the Union army. This is the list tnat
appeals particularly to. the visiting
veterans.
Another list deals with other historic
sites about Washington. and for con-
venience of sightseers TINS nst mas
been divided, telling which are the
noted locations east of the Capito' of
west of the Capitol.
Under another heading are described
other points of interest in the VIeinits
of Washington, and another sectlon ls
devoted to the statues in washington;
The list also gives the location OF all
the public parks and buildings.
Where Presidents Were Shot.
Where Lincoln was shot and where
he died. where Garfield was shot, the
exact spot where President Johnson
stood to review the grand parade OF
fifty years ago. the bridge across "hicn
sherman marched his troops begrimeo
from the field into the capital Tor tne
muster-out, the location OF the NOS
pital camps all these viii De stas ,hssa a
and nearly 200 other places OF sin,i.ar ~
annealinr interest have been applo-
priately identified by this commlvvgis' Mii"
Working under the leadership OF WIZ
liam p Van Wickle.
Mr.. van Wickle has for many years
oeen identified with the STUDY anu
uroper preservation OF these sni "a
of the nation, and has at all times y.
important gasdasriinss gsas II snossinls ea for thou
aands to visit these places FAMOUS an
history by arranging an omciaa SerIv Sa,JI
and directing the work OF piope''
Nany Of those on the committee with
him also have made this work a laoos
OF love for more than quafee'
eentury. The booklet which is oeins
distributed as resul. o. his in NOT only
A. a pathfinder for the present encamp-
rnent. or as a souvenir. but as rai.
na0le book of reference. More tnan
1900 copies Of this bookiet nave oee"
printed for the G. A. r. visitors.
Members OF Comm1ttee.
The members of the committee in
charge Of this work are:
William p Van Wickle, chairman
William V Cox vice chairman; Mar
Gus BENJAMIN, vice chairman: c. C.
Magruder, historian; ]. Kennedy stout,
secretary; Clarence Corson. treasurer:
Clarence Archibald. George w. Baird.
Judge Job Barnard. Edward T. Bates.
Robert r. Bennett, Sidney !. Besse-
lievre. Henry Behlert. William w.
Bishop. L. Pierce Boteler. DR.. George F:
Bowerman. Glenn Brown, Bediord
Brown, II. K. Bush Brown. Fred c.
Bryan, wilhelmus B. Bryan. Judge
Charles Bundy. Edwin c. Burleigh. ]. c.
Burns. Charles Henry Butler. Marven
Camper. Amos Il. Casselman, Allen &.
David NJ. Cridler. Jefferson S. Combs.
James Croggor. Henry B. DaviS. Upton
De Lauter, William H. De Lacy, VIII
liam II. Dennis. Harold K. Doyle. John
wick. Frederick l.. Fishback, Howard
Fisk. Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Harry c.
Grove, Harry 6. Hall. Chester Harri
son, William H Hannay. Henry W.
HILL. Van Rensselaer, Hoff. James F.
Hood. Col T. s. Hopkins. Gaillard
Hunt. Gilbert NJ Hustled. w. P. Jacobs
Joseph L Keefer. Judge Ivory G. KIM
pan, Stephen < kramer, John A Lane,
James Lansburgh, Samuel V. Leech.
Grant Leet. Charles D. A. Loefiler. H.
s. McAllister. John McElroy. John o,
Mccarthy. H. B. F. Macfarland, George
c. Maynard. William S. Minnix, Ed
ward B. Moore. John H. Moore. Charles
Morrell, James D. Morgan, Hugh Nor :
rison. Zebina Moses. S. n. D. North,
Theodore w. Noyes, Osborn H. Oldroyd,
Frederick D. Owen. Albion X. Paris.
A s. Perham, John Clagett Proctor,
Wade H. Rabbit. Wallace Radcliffe,
Andrew H. Ragan. John S Randolph,