Yunkurin satar kwanyar George Washington

A cikin 1830, an yi ƙoƙari ya sace kwanyar daga gawar shugaban Amurka George Washington, wanda ke zaune a cikin kabarin a Dutsen Vernon. Maimakon haka, ɓarawo ya cire kwanyar daga ragowar ɗaya daga cikin surukan Alkalin Bushrod Washington. Rashin tsarki na wurin binnewa ya haifar da sabon, mafi aminci, wurin binnewa da za a gina.

 Tarihi 
Bayan rasuwar George Washington a shekara ta 1799, gwamnatin Amurka ta sanar da niyyar canja wurin gawarsa zuwa Amurka Capitol inda ake gudanar da shirye-shirye don gina wani kabari a cikin ginshiki wanda ke haɗawa da wani gilashin da aka rufe wanda zai binne jikinsa. Duk da bayani dalla-dalla a cikin nufin Washington cewa za a binne shi a gidansa na Mount Vernon, Martha Washington ta yarda a tura jikin mijinta zuwa babban birnin. Duk da haka, muhawara game da cikakkun bayanai game da shirye-shiryen sadaukarwa sun jinkirta canja wurin ragowar Washington wanda aka sanya shi, a cikin ɗan lokaci, a cikin wani ɓoye daban a kan Dutsen Vernon.

A cikin shekaru 30 masu zuwa, kabarin Dutsen Vernon ya fada cikin karuwar lalacewa. Yanayin ya kara tsanantawa da adadi mai yawa na " mahajjata" waɗanda suka yi tafiya zuwa kabarin Washington don dawo da kayan tarihi, gabaɗaya gami da ganye. Wannan ya haifar da itatuwa da sauran tsire-tsire da ke kewaye da kabarin da aka cire su. Jakadan Rasha a Amurka har ma ya cire dukkan reshe daga itace da ke girma kusa da kabarin don gabatar da shi ga Tsar Alexander I.

 Ɓarawo 
A cikin 1830, John Augustine Washington II, mai mallakar Dutsen Vernon a lokacin, ya kori daya daga cikin masu lambu na gidan, wanda yanzu ba a san sunansa ba. Don fansa, mai aikin lambu mara aikin yi ya shiga cikin kabari tare da niyyar satar kwanyar George Washington. Koyaya, mai lambu ba da gangan ba ya ɓace tare da kwanyar ɗaya daga cikin Blackburns, waɗanda su ne surukan ɗan'uwan George Washington, Alkalin Bushrod Washington. Yanayin da ya lalace sosai na kabarin ya ba da gudummawa ga rikicewar mai lambu; an sanya wasu mambobi ashirin na dangin Washington da danginsu a cikin kabari amma yawancin akwatunan su tun daga lokacin sun ruɓe, ma'ana kwarangwal na mutum sun lalace a ƙasa. Jikin George da Martha Washington, duk da haka, an rufe su da gubar kafin aikinsu, don haka "an kawar da wannan rashin kunya".  

 Sakamakon haka 
A sakamakon yunkurin sata, Majalisa ta sake fitar da kiranta don mallakar jikin Washington, amma John Washington ya ki, yana mai cewa ba zai iya tayar da "cikakken kwanciyar hankali" na Washington ba. Maimakon haka, ya ba da umarnin gina sabon kabari kusa da wanda ke akwai. An tura gawarwakin George da Martha Washington zuwa sabon wurin a 1831, wanda ya jawo zargi daga wasu, ciki har da Earl na Carlisle wanda, bayan ya ziyarce shi a 1841, ya lura cewa "kabari na wannan mafi yawan mutane, an sanya shi a ƙarƙashin wani jan gini, a tsakanin gidan kocin da cage".

A cikin 1837, an gina sabon 6 feet (1.83 m) mai zurfi daga marmara na Pennsylvania wanda aka canja akwatin gawa na ciki na asali. A wannan lokacin, an buɗe akwatin gawa a karo na farko da na ƙarshe don John Washington ya iya kallon jikin kawunsa (akwai ra'ayoyi masu rikitarwa game da ko an yi kallon ne don tabbatar da cewa babu wanda ya yi ƙoƙari ya sace kai ko kuma idan an yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ne kawai ta hanyar son sani). A cewar wani rahoto da aka buga a cikin Harper's New Monthly Magazine, gawar "ta bayyana cewa ba ta sha wahala sosai daga tasirin lokaci ba" kuma ta kasance sananne ga "babban girma" (a rayuwa, Washington ta ruwaito ta tsaya fiye da 6 tsawo, mai girma sosai ga karni na sha takwas, kuma tana da "babban" kai tare da "babba" manyan hannaye da girman ƙafa 13 [undefined] [undefined]).[undefined][1]￼

 Ɓar da gashi 
An yi da'awar cewa an cire ƙuƙwalwar gashi daga jikin George Washington a lokacin da aka buɗe su a 1837, kodayake yunkurin siyar da su a cikin 'yan shekarun nan sun tabbatar da rashin nasara kuma an gabatar da shakku game da sahihancinsu.

A cikin wani littafi na 1835 game da rayuwar da lokutan Marquis de Lafayette, Jules Germain Cloquet ya ba da rahoton cewa Lafayette - a ziyararsa zuwa Amurka a 1824 - ya sami zobe daga ɗayan jikokin George Washington wanda aka rufe gashin George da Martha Washington. A cewar Cloquet, an ba da zobe tare da sha'awar cewa ya fito ne ga tsararraki masu zuwa na iyalin Marquis.

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