Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-03-10

grazed. We then came to the top OF
the hill and enjoyed the view of the
mansion. This is an exact sample OF
the old Southern Homes with the
many pillars in the front porch. we
then visited the home. Here we saw
the old kitchen, the old pots and ket-
ties still hanging in the fireplace just
as they did in his time. We saw the
room where he died. We then visited
the old barn, where may be seen the
old Washington stage coach, and also
several other outbuildings. The Wash
ington garden is still there just as ne
MANNED it. We then visited the tombs
of Geo. and Martha Washington. Per-
feet silence is requested here. Mount
Vernon is indeed an interesting place.
Knowing Arlington as historical
place we were very anxious to see
some of the sights in that city so we
visited first the Curtis Lee Mansion
which was most interesting, especially
the old wine cellar. At the Arlington
cemetery the dead are buried in rows
as though planed in field. Here you
grasp an understanding of what war
really means.
1 had always had desire to see
the Unknown Soldiers grave. 1t IS
guarded day and night by a sentinel
walking to and fro. In the rear OF the
Unknown Soldiers grave is the Me-
mortal Amphitheatre. Miss Stevenson
told us of a very interesting story
while walking through here. During
a speaking held here at one time a
very heavy thunder storm arose. The
rain fell while the audience still sat
spellbound, listening to the speaker,
Theodore Roosevelt, who, with the
water trickling down his face contin-
ued his speech with enthusiasm and
without interruption.
Following the visit here we returned
to the hotel where we enjoyed de-
licious dinner. Miss Edith and some
of the boys could hardly wait for the
ballgame but Capt Bill and others OF
us visited the Franciscan Monastery
or the Holy Land in Palestine. TO
me this is the most interesting place
in Washington. It is a reproduction
of the Holy Land and is a very sacred
and religious place. Here are copies
of many of the sacred shrines. The
Altar of Calvery, representing the
crucifixion of Christ, was the most
beautiful. When one sees the cata-
combs one gets an accurate idea OF
those in Rome. Visitors to Wash
ington should, by all means, visit the
Monastery. AS we were walking from
the Monastery grounds Capt. Bill,
Katherine Dryden, Ruth Sturgis and
I stopped for snapshot taken by
Anna Katherine Appleton.
From here we visited the largest
church in the world, the National
Cathedral. The Methodist Episcopal
Cathedral, with its beautiful architec-
tural work, has been under construc-
ton for 55 years, and is only 1-S COM
pleted. Here we visited the tombs OF
Woodrow Wilson, and Admiral Dewey
and we remained for part of the SER
vice.
After late dinner we enjoyed anoth-
er movie and vaudeville. After that
we had a party in our rooms. Satur-
day morning, Mr.. Wade II. Atkinson,
clerk of the hotel, told US of several
things of interest about the city. The
mornings tour started with the Bu-
reau of Printing and Engraving. l
think some of us wanted to know why
we couldn't have some of the paper
money seeing SO much of it. $1,000
900 postage stamps are made here
daily. The Pan American Building,
representing 81 American Republics
is most educational. Here we got an
idea of the life in tropical countries.
We saw many tropical plants and
trees and insects of Latin America.
We then visited the Presidents home
or the well known "White House."
We were admitted through the East
wing, where may be seen hand painted
pictures of the different Presidents
and their wives and also crockery that
each President and his family had
used. Mr.. Franklin d. Roosevelt was
in but we did not get to see him.
The Smithsonian Museum was next.
Here we saw Lindbergh's Esprit of
st. Louis" old locomotives, and a
typical model of a coal mine. One
could spend day here and still not
see it all. The aircraft buildings