The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-02-25

the servant remind him that II time to 80
by leading up the horse and handing the bride
relns to him. The members of Washngton's
family, the local historian relates. always came
up In large coach drawn by four horses II the
roads were heavy. Not infrequenty neighbors
were guests In the coach.
Another favorlte rendezvous In Alexandria for
sightseers Is the room occupied by the Masonic
lodge named for Washington. This lodge still
lourishes. There may look upon the chair
In which Washington sat when he presided over
the lodge OF which he was master, also the Ma
sonic apron he wore, his wedding gloves, pair
OF spurs he wore, a pruning knife he used on
the Mount Vernon plantation, and penknfe
which his mother gave him when he was boy
And there is to be seen In the old lodge room the
last authentic painting of him, pastel from life
made by William Williams of Philadelphia.
Another old Washington landmark in Alexan-
dra Is the Carlyle house This structure
there when Washington was young man. In
colonial days II was one of the best-known hotels
In Virginia. The fine folks of the Old Dominion
gathered there for balls and dinners and for good
times generally. and Washington, the local HIS
torlans say. present mt any unusual event
General Brnddock had his headquarters In the
old hotel when he was proceeding against the
French and Indians. Making ones way back to
the capital city over the Alexandria, Arlington
road numerous landmarks may be This
highway leads by Arlington the resting place OF
the nations heroes. and 10 Georgetown.
As this old highway brings the traveller around
the brow OF n Hill four miles southwest of the
national capital the Washington monument looms
up across the low land and the Potomac river.
From point I'm the environs Of the national
capital does tho monument appear to greater nd
vantage--a magnificent reminder of the good
works OF typical American. This monument
Is fitting companion piece for the great me-
mortal 10 Abraham Lincoln soon TO be dedicated,
1t speaks OF the founder of the Republic; the
a he of
Many projects were discussed before the Wash
tngton monument was conceived and work on II
begun. At the close of the Revolution the Con-
tinental congress recommended the erection of an
equestrian statue to Washington. Immediate ly
after his death the congress, sitting In Phndel-
phia. voted to erect monument under which
he should be buried. Another project was to make
the Capitol building memorial 10 him. Trnv-
elers may to this day have peep at vaulted
chamber directly under the rotunda OF the Capitol
which designed resting place for the
body OF Washington.
The Washington monument Is the most con.
spicuous work OF man ut the national capital.
The dome OF the Capitol and dome OF the Con.
gressienal library and the new Lincoln memorial
stand out with holiness but the monument over.
tops them. ON a clear day the monument may
be from the crest OF the blue Ridge noun
tains, ~ mites away. The memorial had Its In
ception In the minds Of patriotic people who
proposed to charge membership fee OF 81
and the money thus contributed to be used
In the erection Of a suitable monument TO the
hero of the Revolution. The money came In
slowly and Il looked Mt times "a II this project
too would have TO be abandoned.
Finally In is4S congress voted a site The
spot chosen had been marked by. Washington
himself monument to the Revolution which
he hoped would sometime he built. The work Of
erecting the monument proceeded slowly. II had
reached a height of lis feet when the Civil war
came on. II rooted and stood untouched
until 1876 when congress again took hold and I'M.
der the spur OF congressional action II COM
pleted In 1885.
The height OF the monument is ass feet and s
inches. From the lookout on the top the view OF
the national capital and Its environs fascnates a
million persons year.
Other unpretentious memorials OF Washington
are to be- In the national capital.