Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 22

WASHIGION VAL ST0BE HARKED Five Stone Monuments Will| Rise Over Graves at Birthplace. | | | Pive stone monuments will soon be| placed over the reconstructed vault of | the Washington family at Wakefield in Westmoreland County, Va., where the | first President was born. bullt vault the morial Association, of whieh Mrs. Hary Lee Rust of this city is president, laced the remains of about 50 mem- Pers' ot ‘the Washington family, found in scattered graves on the Waketield estate and in the ancient vault itself. J. Edward Donn, jr.. of this city, who developed the plans for the rebuilding of the Wakefield mansion from excava tions and other data, has designed these monuments. The rebuilding of Wash- ington's birthplace will soon begin. It will be a permanent memorial to George ‘Washington, to be dedicated on the oc- easion of the Nation-wide celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth in| 1932. The cost of the work is being borne in part by private subscriptions and in part by the Federal Government. The Wakefield Memorial Association - is co-operating with the George Washing- ton Bicentennial Commission, created by act of Congress. i Mr. Donn told a representative of | The Star today that the stone monu- ments which are planned to he placed | on the mound surmounting the vault will each be to the memory of some one | of George Washington's ancestors, the | central one being to the memory of Col. | John Washington, his it wife. Byrd Presides at Meeting. Former Gov. Harry F. Byrd of Vir-|them. Standing beside the vault, from ginia, chain of the building commit- | descendants of the first President: Was | shore of the lower Potomac River. tee of the Wakefleld National Memorial | Howard, last child born at Mount Vernon; Mrs. Assoclation, presided at a meeting here | M Friday at the residence of Mrs. Rust,| — Rebuilt burial vault on the Wakefield estate, birthplace of George Wash- reai-grand: | ngton. Into this vault the Wakefield National Memorial Association has placed i | the bones of about 30 members of the Washington family, Iather, ana Aun‘Fope: Washingtan, his| M6 Sanes of abe family burying ground, near Bridges Creel The bodies were reinterred with impressive | ceremonies recently, and soon an appropriate monument will be erected over DISABLED VETERANS TAKE NEW ORLEANS 5,000 of America’s War Wounded Assemble for Convention. By the Assoclated Press. | NEW ORLEANS, June ‘21 —Singin, war-time tunes, the disabled heroes of the World War, 5,000 strong, today be- gan the “occupation” of New Orleans to mingle again in annual convention and to battle for adequate care for the blind and maimed trench victims. Among the first arrivals were the veterans from Georgia. accompanied by the G State Drum and ' Bugle Corps and the Cincinnati special carry-| ing its 300 delegates and the Drum and Bugle Corps of Cincinnati Chapter, No. 1. % The Cincinnati delegation brought along a number of women's auxiliary members who were assigned a promi- nent section in a martial parade. New Orleans veterans and other citi- Zens gave a rousing reception to each contingent on its arrival, showering at- tention upon the sutomobiles in the procession bearing the legless, armless and the blind casualties of Chateau Thierry, Soissons and the Meuse Ar- gonne, In the line of march a cheer went up for Capt. Herman Weimen, A. D. 8. C, formerly with the 131st Infantry of the 33rd Division with the Hines Chapter, No. 10, of Chicago unit, who is mentioned for 1931 national com- mander. The score or more of the blind vet- erans will be shown special attention in the care of Boy Scout aides during the convention. The business sessions of the conven- tion will be opened on Monday and be addressed by Maj. Gen. Frank T. Hines, chief of the Veterans' Bureau, | who ‘will discuss the proposed estab- lishment of a diagnostic center in New Orleans. The diagnostic center, a $10,000,000 nd in scattered not far from the left to right, are the following collateral ington Perine, Mrs. Eleanor Washington Sue Washington Latane and 2101 Connectitcut avenue, when Mr. | Donn’s plans for the rebuilding of the | Wakefield birth house and the monu ment to be placed over the ancien Washington family vault Were unani mously approved. It was announced that the burning of handmade bricks at Wakefleld for the reconstruction of the mansion in which George Washing- ton was born will begin in the near|for the Wakefield National Memorial future. Association to undertake to make a Those present at PFriday's meeting, | Well-thought-out plan for its rehabili- besides former Gov. Byrd, were Lieut.| tation. Col. U. S:Grant, 3d, vice chairman of | the committee; Mrs. John D. Sherman, | Mr. Donn, Horace M. Albright, director of the National Park Service of the In- terior ment, and Mrs. Rust. “The monuments,” said Mr. Donn, “will be what are known as table| mn:,g u:(“cl:' . frequently seert in nia burying places, notably at Williamsbu: less melancholy, but such attempts have been short lived, and very little really has been accomplished towatd making it-a well kept and sightly place. “The National Government should long ago have gone at it and made 8 proper job of it, but it has remained “The field in which the graveyard ands has always been known vault fleld.” but no evidences of were in sight. surface of the ground quickly disclosed the presence of an ancient burial vault, entirely below the surface. This vault was square In plan, 9 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 6 inches, outside measurement, with & brick floor, which was about six | undertaking, would provide medical and surgical investigation for the wounded dfather—died in 1 d Col. grandfather—die 885 Wi Col. JOLA.| Trese of the BOUR | Washington died in 1676." 11 Bodies Indentified. Only 11 of the bodies have been posi- |-pl | tively identified. -They are those of the | following: Anne Pope Washington, Col. | John Washington, her husband: a child | of the above couple, Christian name un- ! known, who died before 1677; another | child of “the same couple, Christian | name also unknown, who died before | 1677: Maj. Lawrence Washington, son | of John and Anne Pope ‘Washington, who died in 1697 or 1698; Capt. John | Washington, second son of John and | Anne Pope Washington, who died in | 1696 or 1697: John Washington, eldest | son of Maj. Laurence Washington and Mildred ‘Warner Washington, who died Combined air-rail service is being June Demonstral Special from the Optical Department SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, lCouple Completes 29 D. C., JUNE 22, 1930—PART . ONE. TOURS. Yellowstone, 11 Days, $150 ALL EXPENSES PECIAL train parties leave every Sunday, July and Aug. 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It had been filled with earth and rubbish to keep the idly curious from carrying off such bones as January 10, .1696: Mildred Warner | Washington, who died in' August, 1696, | eldest daughter of Maj. Laurence Wash ington and Mildred Warner Washing- ton; Jane Butler Washington, first wife of Augustine Washington, sr.. who died September 24, 1729; Augustine Wasl ington, sr., who died in April, 1743, and Augusiine Washington, jr., who died in | Charles Arthur Hoppin, who is an au- thority on ancient records of persons The “Cortland” High Bridge Frame Sall from New York on the 8. S. “Evangeline” | Only 24 hours and you're in a lovely foreign land—pic- SAIL TO EUROPE E right people choose agracious hostess to take them abroad! An Empress or Cabin Class Liner. You enjoy their smartness . .. make delight- arks the birthplace of itors of rge Washington, s er immediate relatives. As far as| OWn no burials have been made at khis spot since 1815. Remained in Melancholy Condition. “The Washington family burying ind has remained through the ;yem‘ & melancholy condition,” said Mr. | Donn. “Abortive attempts have been | made from time to time by the State of Virginia and by the Colonial Dames of Virginia and others to make it look there may have been lying around in it. - about, the vault disclosed that there had been at various times—some before and some after the vault had been built— burials in the ground. In all there were evidences of 20 such burials. The vault itself could have held 10 or 12 coffins, s0 there can be accounted for at lea: 30 or 32 burials at this spot. It is known from records that all the direct ancestors in America of George Wash- ington are buried-there. Anne (Pope) Washington, first wife of Col. John hington—GeorgeWashington's gr LATE PURCHASE OF SUMMER FURNITURE AT GREAT SAVINGS We have saved 331/ by buying these this late date; PORCH SWING AS SHOWN BELOW Made of hardwood, thoroughly bolted. 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