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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CA6_garden-to-graves_Arlington-VA.html
The dead from three years of Civil War filled all burial spaces in the area. In 1864, President Lincoln charged General Montgomery Meigs with locating a site for a new national cemetery. Arlington's high elevation and aesthetic beauty made it idea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9R_the-kingdom-of-my-childhood_Arlington-VA.html
Here the Custis and Lee family members entertained guests, strolled with suitors, read precious letters, buried their much beloved pets, communed with nature, engaged in spiritual reflection, and enjoyed the shade and solitude of a wooden arbor. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9P_the-flower-garden_Arlington-VA.html
Mrs. Robert E. Lee took special interest in the flower garden, and she helped shape its final design. In the center stood a large, latticed arbor, its walls covered with flowering jasmine. The Lees used the arbor for summer entertaining and as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C9K_dependence-on-slave-labor_Arlington-VA.html
Unlike the planters in the lower south, the Custis and Lee family grew mostly food crops on this 1,100 acre plantation as well as at two other sites. George Washington Park Custis limited the cultivation of cotton and tobacco because they were lab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C5A_mary-randolph_Arlington-VA.html
Mary Randolph, wife of David Meade Randoph, and first person known to be buried at Arlington, was the eldest child of Thomas Mann and Ann Cary Randolph, of Tuckahoe. Her maternal grandfather was Archibald Cary, of Ampthill; Her paternal grandfathe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C50_guardian-of-a-nations-heritage_Arlington-VA.html
Selina Gray, her husband, and their eight children lived in the room to your right. She was Mrs. Lee's personal maid and later the head housekeeper. Her parents had been Mt. Vernon slaves, so she grew up steeped in the lore of George Washington. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6W_drew-school_Arlington-VA.html
In 1945 a new segregated elementary school was built for Arlington's African American population in the Green Valley, now Nauck, neighborhood. It was the only Arlington school to be built in the Art Moderne architectural style. Originally called t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6U_macedonia-baptist-church_Arlington-VA.html
Macedonia Baptist Church was the first African-American church established by residents in the Nauck community. Founded in 1911, the church traces its origins to prayer meetings held in 1908 at the home of Bonder and Amanda Johnson at 22nd Street …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6T_mt-zion-baptist-church_Arlington-VA.html
As soon as the smoking guns of the Civil War were finally silenced, a group of former slaves banded themselves together in what was then known as Freedmen's Village, a government reservation in the area of Arlington National Cemetery, and founded …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B6S_harry-w-gray-house_Arlington-VA.html
Harry W. Gray was born into slavery at Arlington House, where he learned to work with brick and stone. He built this two-story red brick townhouse in 1881 on an original ten acre homestead. The design was based on homes he had seen in Washington, …
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