Washington, its sights and insights [1909]

by Harriet Earhart Monroe

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MOUNT VERNON—FROM SOUTH LAWN

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TOMB OF WASHINGTON—MOUNT VERNON

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HOME OF GENERAL LEE

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MONUMENT TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

James A. Garfield, of Ohio, became President in 1881. His life in the White House from March to September, 1881, scarcely gave time to show what the social life in Washington would have been had he lived to complete his term. His assassination cast a gloom over the social life for a full year after Chester A. Arthur became the Executive. He served to the end of the term, in 1885. President Arthur being a widower, the hostess of the White House during his term was his accomplished sister, Mrs. Mary Arthur McElroy.