Arlington Cemetery, Washington DC - 23 JUL 2011

I read somewhere, there are only three places that hold two dead Presidents: Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, VA), The Adams Crypt (United First Parish Church, Quincy, MA) and Arlington National Cemetery (Washington DC). Having been to Hollywood Cemetery (Link to: Hollywood Cemetery), I had to return to Arlington  to find Taft, since I had already recorded JFK. 
(Link to: Arlington)

He was located just outside these gates, across from where I was standing:

Below is the view from the road:

He was the only person to serve as both a Chief Justice and a President.

He only served one term and holds the record as the worst defeat for an incumbent President when he split the GOP (causing Theodore Roosevelt to create the Progressive Party) and came in third allowing Woodrow Wilson to win.

We also stopped at the Women's Memorial...

...Tinky Winky found a friend.

There were exhibits representing all conflicts.

The Vietnam War was my generation's war...it filled my youth with horrific images, anti-war music, and the Peace Movement.

I did finally make it to the Calder exhibit but there were no photographys allowed. Again, I spent time watching people interacting with Albert Bierstadt's Among the Sierra Navada, California painting. This time I put them all together on Youtube: Link to: Viewing the Sierra

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Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington DC – 09 JUL 2011

As the sign says, this cemetery belongs to St Paul’s Church and was established in 1719.

The church began as a mission in 1712 and is the only surviving colonial church in the DC area.

There are several notable residents including a signer of the US Constitution.

No 'Beloved wife of...' here; she who dies last gets the last word: 

Inside:

Side window:

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Filtered:

His pedestal: 

The image below I found listed in "Art Inventories Catalog" of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

All I could learn about him was the 1880 census listed his occupation as "Restaurant."

This lovely was just standing against the the wall:

Some lovely modern ones:

Base reads:

Attached marker:

Kauffmann panels below:

Hitt panels below:

 

 

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