• Lawrence David Phillips - funeral / obituary

  Lawrence David Phillips, 53, of Wichita Falls passed away Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012....
• Congressional Cemetery

  Letter to the editor of The Evening Star...
• New cemetery - a possibility for South Russell Village

  South Russell Village officials are continuing discussion regarding plans to build a cemetery in the affluent Geauga County community despite the fact that the number of traditiona...

  South Russell Village officials are continuing discussion regarding plans to build a cemetery in the affluent Geauga County community despite the fact that the number of traditiona...
• The Red Man's Tribute

  Decorating the Last Resting Places of Cherokee Chiefs...
• The Silent City of the Dead by the Eastern Branch

  Distinguished People Both of the Army and Navy and of the Civil Service...
• Dead Bodies in a Buggy

  Resurrectionists Surprised by a Policeman Last Night. They Run Off, Leaving Their Ghastly Plunder, The Dead Bodies of Two Women....
• The Body of Mrs. Cheek

  The law against the desecration of graves by body snatchers is openly violated in this District night after night...
• Who Are the Grave Robbers?

  The trustees of Congressional Cemetery have offered a liberal reward for the apprehension of the person or persons who desecrated the grave of Mrs Thomas B. Cheek last Friday ...
• Grave Keeper Is Completing Fiftieth Year

  Joseph A. Mayhew, 72, stood in the shade of an oak overlooking the Anacostia River at Congressional Cemetery yesterday. He was seeing again the flow of 50 years-a kaleidoscope of h...
• Congressional Cemetery Books Yield Vast Historical Data

  During the early years of Washington's history many of the famous persons who died here were buried in what is now known as Congressional Cemetery, at 1801 E street, S.E....

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