SPRING 2014 Rising Tall

Heritage Gazette ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY • SPRING 2014 Rising Tall

t the last International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA) conference, HCC President Paul K. Williams was struck with the aesthetic of a tall granite obelisk. It reminded him of the many historic monuments located on the grounds at Congressional, except this one was different: a A modern rendition that is pre-assembled and designed to hold cremains. Standing nearly ten feet tall, the columbarium was impressive indeed. The obelisk has a total of 20 companion niches, each holding between two and three urns or cremated remains. Ten compartments are located on each side, with individual panels that can be engraved with names and dates when the ashes are placed. The monument is manufactured by the Eickhof Company of Crookston, Minnesota. The ten-foot model can be owned by a cemetery and placed on common ground and the compartments sold to individual families as needed; other models as small as four niches can be purchased by families and installed on a purchased plot. Currently, the only option for cremated remains at Congressional is burial, unless you own a family vault. HCC sells 1/3 size plots for this purpose, or families can bury up to nine cremains atop a traditional casket burial. HCC staff have located an idyllic space for a potential obelisk at the end of Congress Street, south of the chapel. The surrounding area would be landscaped with bench spaces incorporated. So far, four individuals have expressed interest in purchasing space in the obelisk, and as soon as several others also express interest, the cemetery will welcome the newest obelisk addition to its grounds. Contact [email protected] to find out more details.

WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 1 From the President Letter from the Chair

s I approach my two year notice of a $6,500 matching rized on the footstones to reveal anniversary here at Congression- grant from the National Park their story in a short paragraph. al, I’m pleased with the number Service that will be used to final- In addition, the sites will be It has been a very long winter in Washington, THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION of new events, activities, and ly mark the graves of four indi- incorporated into a future OF HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY A D.C., but we are finally starting to see the signs tours that have been established viduals that have been officially African-American walking tour, of spring emerge. The crocuses are blooming and will continue into the recognized as part of the Nation- virtual web tour, and smart despite the recent snow, and the first buds of the 1801 E Street, Southeast future, with even more creative al Underground Railroad Net- phone app tour. The grant will Washington, DC 20003 functions devised by the staff to work to Freedom Program. They also pay for a bronze plaque at cherry blossoms have been spotted on the grounds. All are 202-543-0539 eagerly anticipating the warmer temperatures and the return of www.congressionalcemetery.org come. I’m transitioning into include the gravesites of William the cemetery entrance noting color. Here at the cemetery, spring brings even more changes [email protected] more of a fundraising role, focus- Boyd, John Dean, Hannibal our inclusion in the Under- than usual as we transition to a new board chair and board exec- ing on grants and the Sousa Gate Hamlin, and David A. Hall, who ground Railroad program. BOARD OF DIRECTORS capitol campaign. To plan and were featured in the Fall 2013 I’m sure you will join me in utive committee. John Gillespie, Chair Beginning April 1st, Congressional Cemetery will welcome a Sid Neely, Treasurer prepare for these activities and newsletter. looking forward to all of our new Board Chairperson as Kelly Crowe takes the helm. Kelly Kelly Crowe, Secretary operational needs, we’ve recently The grant will provide fund- upcoming 2014 events and tours has been on the board since 2011, has been on the Executive Amy Ballard established four new Board sub- ing for four interpretive granite to both celebrate and publicize Committee for the last year as Secretary, and has been very Ted Bechtol committees: Communications, and bronze footstone markers. the fascinating history contained involved with Remembrance Day and other HCC events. I am Sharon Bosworth Development, Historic Preserva- The detailed research by histori- at Congressional Cemetery. Stephen Gardner tion, and Buildings and Grounds. an Sandra Schmidt that led to confident that she will continue to leverage the foundation built Chris Kennedy over the last few years. Also cycling onto the Executive Com- Edward S. Miller I’m pleased to have received our acceptance will be summa- — PAUL K. W ILLIAMs mittee is Chris Kennedy (Director, Strategic Communications, Rebecca Roberts U.S. Travel Association) as Vice Chairperson, and new board Rhonda Sincavage member Sue Urahn (Executive Vice President, The Pew Charita- Susan Urahn ble Trusts) who will replace Kelly as Secretary. Sid Neely will Beverly Ward continue his service on the Board as the Treasurer. The new year also brings the development and implementa- STAFF tion of our four new committees, Development, Communica- Paul K. Williams, President tions, Buildings and Grounds, and Preservation. During the Margaret Puglisi, Vice President Lauren Maloy, Program Director Annual Membership Meetings for the K9 Corps, many K9 Daniel Holcombe, Grounds Corps members eagerly signed up for these committees. The Conservation Manager future engagement of our community on these committees will Crystal Pate, Office Manager incorporate diverse viewpoints and backgrounds, informing and Dayle Dooley, Archivist improving both the cemetery’s imminent and anticipated needs. Andrea O’Hara, Finance This newsletter marks the end of my six year board tenure, Randolph King, Groundskeeper first as Treasurer, and the last three as Board Chair. I’ve been The Association for the Preservation of humbled to serve, been pleased to see our progress, and have Historic Congressional Cemetery is a been blessed to be part of this special Capitol Hill institution. nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. All Thank you for your support and patience. donations are deductible to the extent per- mitted by federal tax laws. Funding for the preservation and maintenance of Historic —JOHN GILLESPIE Congressional Cemetery is provided in part by the Congressional Cemetery Endowment, which was created with matching funds provided by the U.S. Congress and administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

2 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 3 From the President Letter from the Chair

2 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 3 is primarily used by dog walkers to post notices and it had started Around the Gatehouse to look a bit worse for the wear. Thankfully, the new bulletin board is a great improvement – MAJOR PROJECTS IN 2014 chairs and four side chairs to an Sandy Schmidt, whose dedi- HCC will experience several replace the decades-old – and cated and thorough research and it’s pretty, too. Many thanks major construction projects in very worn – chairs that the staff contributed to the inclusion of to Scott Bouboulis for choosing 2014, beginning with the com- and committees use for meet- Congressional Cemetery on the Congressional Cemetery for his pletion of the roadway between ings, events, and check-ins. The Underground Railroad Network project! the totem poles and the 17th donation was a much needed to Freedom. Street gate. The old asphalt will improvement for HCC! NSO INYOUR be removed and replaced with NEIGHBORHOOD pavers that match the current K9 CORPS RENEWALS Each year the National Sympho- roads in the cemetery. The east It happens every year, and it ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY ny Orchestra sponsors the In end garage will have its roof makes January and February two It’s been a long and snowy win- Your Neighborhood program replaced at long last, adding a of the cemetery’s busiest months. ter in Washington, so it came as which focuses on a different AMAZON SMILE small section to house our new The K9 Corps recently complet- little surprise that our Valentine’s neighborhood in Washington, Have you heard of Amazon gantry. And, thanks to our grant ed the annual renewal process. Day tour “Romance and D.C. This year, the NSO chose Smile? It’s Amazon.com’s new of $50,000 from American After hosting 15 orientation Tragedy” was postponed due to Capitol Hill and H Street as the program that allows you to Express and National Trust for meetings, welcoming over 500 the weather. Happily, the host area for more than 30 free is scheduled to coincide with our donate a portion of your Ama- Historic Preservation Partners In members and answering count- rescheduled event on February performances. Congressional Annual Meeting, which begins at zon purchase to your favorite Preservation, you’ll soon see less questions, we’re exhausted, 27th was a success. Visitors lis- Cemetery was lucky enough to 11 am in the Chapel. Join us to organization. Simply shop work being done to replace the but happy to welcome both tened to the romantic and sad host a concert, and on January hear about what Congressional through smile.amazon.com from roofs along our mausoleum row. returning and new members to tales of residents in the cemetery, 12 Natasha Bogachek, Zino Cemetery has been up to for the your web browser and search for Fill will be removed, the barrel the 2014 K9 Corps. including the story of Walt Whit- Bogachek, and Eric deWaardt past year, and stay for firing Congressional Cemetery as the vault roofs repaired and sealed, man and Peter Doyle, the creepy charmed the audience with a demonstrations, medicine and selected recipient of funds. For and the surface area replaced NATIONAL UNDERGROUND Count Adam Gurowski, and a special string performance that surgery displays, tours, music and those of you who shop through more. with a Lite green roof manufac- RAILROAD NETWORK TO grisly attempted murder suicide. packed the Chapel. Amazon’s site anyway, it’s a sim- Afterwards, guests mingled in the tured by Live Roof. FREEDOM GRANT ple way to give to Congressional Chapel and enjoyed sweet and In March the National Park Cemetery. HAVE A SEAT Service awarded Congressional sour cocktails. HCC recently received one of its Cemetery a $6,500 matching FREE TOURS START wish list items from Dovel Tech- Underground Railroad Network EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT APRIL 5TH nologies, founded by Elma and to Freedom grant. The funding A brand new bulletin board now Dov Levy, who contacted Board We are more than ready for the graces the east end of the ceme- from this grant will be used to start of spring! Spring also means member Kelly Crowe. They place four footstone markers at tery thanks to a recent Eagle donated twelve leather board the beginning of the tour season Scout project. The bulletin board the graves of William Boyd, John at Congressional Cemetery, so Dean, David Hall, please join us for free, docent-led and Hannibal Ham- tours every Saturday beginning NSO members Natasha Bogacheck, lin, providing further April 5th. In addition, Steve Zino Bogacheck, and Eric deWaardt interpretation about Hammond will continue to lead their role in the Civil War tours on the third Sat- ANNUAL MEETING AND Underground Rail- urday of every month. Please LIVING HISTORY DAY road. Congressional refer to Congressional Ceme- Mark your calendars for Satur- Cemetery would like tery’s website for further details day, April 19th as we host our to extend a special and exceptions. second annual Revolutionary thank you to histori- War living history day. The event

4 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 5 is primarily used by dog walkers to post notices and it had started Around the Gatehouse to look a bit worse for the wear. Thankfully, the new bulletin board is a great improvement – MAJOR PROJECTS IN 2014 chairs and four side chairs to an Sandy Schmidt, whose dedi- HCC will experience several replace the decades-old – and cated and thorough research and it’s pretty, too. Many thanks major construction projects in very worn – chairs that the staff contributed to the inclusion of to Scott Bouboulis for choosing 2014, beginning with the com- and committees use for meet- Congressional Cemetery on the Congressional Cemetery for his pletion of the roadway between ings, events, and check-ins. The Underground Railroad Network project! the totem poles and the 17th donation was a much needed to Freedom. Street gate. The old asphalt will improvement for HCC! NSO INYOUR be removed and replaced with NEIGHBORHOOD pavers that match the current K9 CORPS RENEWALS Each year the National Sympho- roads in the cemetery. The east It happens every year, and it ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY ny Orchestra sponsors the In end garage will have its roof makes January and February two It’s been a long and snowy win- Your Neighborhood program replaced at long last, adding a of the cemetery’s busiest months. ter in Washington, so it came as which focuses on a different AMAZON SMILE small section to house our new The K9 Corps recently complet- little surprise that our Valentine’s neighborhood in Washington, Have you heard of Amazon gantry. And, thanks to our grant ed the annual renewal process. Day tour “Romance and D.C. This year, the NSO chose Smile? It’s Amazon.com’s new of $50,000 from American After hosting 15 orientation Tragedy” was postponed due to Capitol Hill and H Street as the program that allows you to Express and National Trust for meetings, welcoming over 500 the weather. Happily, the host area for more than 30 free is scheduled to coincide with our donate a portion of your Ama- Historic Preservation Partners In members and answering count- rescheduled event on February performances. Congressional Annual Meeting, which begins at zon purchase to your favorite Preservation, you’ll soon see less questions, we’re exhausted, 27th was a success. Visitors lis- Cemetery was lucky enough to 11 am in the Chapel. Join us to organization. Simply shop work being done to replace the but happy to welcome both tened to the romantic and sad host a concert, and on January hear about what Congressional through smile.amazon.com from roofs along our mausoleum row. returning and new members to tales of residents in the cemetery, 12 Natasha Bogachek, Zino Cemetery has been up to for the your web browser and search for Fill will be removed, the barrel the 2014 K9 Corps. including the story of Walt Whit- Bogachek, and Eric deWaardt past year, and stay for firing Congressional Cemetery as the vault roofs repaired and sealed, man and Peter Doyle, the creepy charmed the audience with a demonstrations, medicine and selected recipient of funds. For and the surface area replaced NATIONAL UNDERGROUND Count Adam Gurowski, and a special string performance that surgery displays, tours, music and those of you who shop through more. with a Lite green roof manufac- RAILROAD NETWORK TO grisly attempted murder suicide. packed the Chapel. Amazon’s site anyway, it’s a sim- Afterwards, guests mingled in the tured by Live Roof. FREEDOM GRANT ple way to give to Congressional Chapel and enjoyed sweet and In March the National Park Cemetery. HAVE A SEAT Service awarded Congressional sour cocktails. HCC recently received one of its Cemetery a $6,500 matching FREE TOURS START wish list items from Dovel Tech- Underground Railroad Network EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT APRIL 5TH nologies, founded by Elma and to Freedom grant. The funding A brand new bulletin board now Dov Levy, who contacted Board We are more than ready for the graces the east end of the ceme- from this grant will be used to start of spring! Spring also means member Kelly Crowe. They place four footstone markers at tery thanks to a recent Eagle donated twelve leather board the beginning of the tour season Scout project. The bulletin board the graves of William Boyd, John at Congressional Cemetery, so Dean, David Hall, please join us for free, docent-led and Hannibal Ham- tours every Saturday beginning NSO members Natasha Bogacheck, lin, providing further April 5th. In addition, Steve Zino Bogacheck, and Eric deWaardt interpretation about Hammond will continue to lead their role in the Civil War tours on the third Sat- ANNUAL MEETING AND Underground Rail- urday of every month. Please LIVING HISTORY DAY road. Congressional refer to Congressional Ceme- Mark your calendars for Satur- Cemetery would like tery’s website for further details day, April 19th as we host our to extend a special and exceptions. second annual Revolutionary thank you to histori- War living history day. The event

4 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 5 Film Corporation where he earned another nickname, “the American Heritage strongman from Moscow.” With K9 Corner Otis Skinner, he starred in the original “Kismet.” He also wrote The Man Who Could Bend a and starred in the play “The Spi- Travelling from Afar der,” which played on Broadway Dime with His Fingers in the 1920s. very year during the month of the stray dog had a litter and He married a Ziegfeld Follies February Congressional Ceme- the family would sell the BY PAUL K. W ILLIAMS 1884 in dancer named Ina Byron, a rela- tery opens the K9 Corps waitlist puppies. The dog happened Moscow, Russia tionship that ended in divorce and invites new members to join to have a litter of puppies adly buried in an unmarked grave as Nicholas after just two years. He appar- Ethe dog walking program. while Kevin and his friend at R80/S385 at Congressional Dunay. He ently garnered 100,000 votes for Although the renewal and wait- were in Togo, and they set Cemetery is Russian-born actor, was the son of Roosevelt, earning a special list process can be a chaotic time about trying to entice the pup- could not leave this dog behind writer, and director Nicholas a Czarist commendation from the Presi- for the cemetery, it also brings its pies out from the storage hut. in Africa, so when the time came SAlexander Dunaev, who appeared nobleman, former dent. Having moved to Wash- own rewards. The cemetery staff Kevin bought fried peanut to leave Togo, Wahala came with in no less than thirty-four Holly- Lord Mayor of Moscow, and a ington, D.C. in 1937, he eventu- and renewing dog walkers are resin called kuli-kuli and pound- his owner. The trip wasn’t easy. wood films in the 1910s and graduate of the University of ally wrote the President in 1947 introduced to new people, new ed the resin into a powder. With Kevin lived over six hours away 1920s. Long since forgotten, per- Moscow Law School. Active in asking for a job, but was denied pups, and new stories, which led the bait in hand, they tried to from the nearest international haps his most eccentric trait was the Russian revolution in 1917, due to his Civil Service sta- us to the story of how Kevin lure the puppies out by placing airport. Because Wahala is prone his unusual ability to bend a he was an associate of Alexander tus. He was broke and destitute, Souza found his dog Wahala. piles of the powder around the to motion sickness, Kevin pur- dime in half, using only his fin- Kerensky, head of the provisional renting the modest apartment C Kevin, a new dog walker, storage hut. Out of all the pup- chased the whole backseat of the gertips. He was obviously a hit at government which was toppled at 1417 Belmont Street, NW resides in Washington, D.C. with pies, only one was brave enough bus to avoid problems. He decid- many a Hollywood party in the by the Bolshevik revolution. He (since razed). He authored a Wahala, although the origins of to venture out from the shelter, ed on a direct flight from Africa roaring twenties. was arrested and sent to Siberia novel entitled “Seven Doors to their story begin much further even letting Kevin pet him while to the United States to ease the And speaking of parties, in exile, from where he Sin” that was published by Van- abroad. After college Kevin he was eating. When the family stress on Wahala, but this Dunaev made news one night in escaped. He made his way to tage Press in 1954. He eventual- decided to join the Peace Corps, decided to sell the litter, Kevin involved crossing the border into 1924 when he joined Charlie France, where he married novel- ly moved in with a couple at 931 serving a total of two years in bought the brave puppy. He Ghana to reach the Accra air- Chaplin and other actors for din- ist Edith Donnerburg; she died New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Niger and extending for another named the puppy Wahala, which port. Kevin noted the varying ner at the exclusive Café just two years later. He once when he fell ill and died in year and a half in Togo. Before means “troublesome work” in attitudes towards Wahala on his Petroushka in Hollywood. Oil penned, “The act of killing the 1963. he joined the Peace Corps, Hausa, a local language in Niger. trip: “The Togolese customs magnate Julian Pete reportedly spirit in a man, of obliterating all Dunaev once wrote, “There Kevin had never owned a dog, In Kevin’s words, “Wahala is a agents harassed me in hopes of bumped – on purpose – Chap- sense of honor, faith, and a desire can never be a happy ending to a but by the time he left Togo he very smart and independent dog getting a bribe. The Ghanaian lin’s controversial date, actress for better things, is as surely poet’s life, for the ending is its had Wahala. but he is also a troublemaker. He immigration agents were kind Mary Miles Minter. An accom- homicide as though the man’s essential tragedy.” The perception of dogs varies learned to scale my chain link and greatly amused by my desire plished actress, she was blacklist- soul were taken from his body.” between the countries of Niger fence around my garden and to bring an African dog back to ed two years prior when she had Dunaev came to the United and Togo. According to Kevin, proceed to dig up everything I the U.S. The United agents were been implicated in the mysteri- States in 1919 to work as a while dogs are treated as “loyal planted.” Wahala’s nickname is helpful and sympathetic to my ous death of director William writer, actor, and director at the guardians” in Niger, in Togo, Wawa, which is a Hausa word for poor dog that had a bad week.” Desmond Taylor. A fight ensued, Vitagraph Corporation, one of dogs are not treated as pets. A someone who is “not quite In the end, Kevin and Wahala Chaplin received a punch to the the first motion film compa- fellow volunteer of Kevin’s lived right.” Kevin notes that both made it back safely to the States. eye, but our Dunaev came to the nies. To his new American adjacent to a compound occu- names suit his dog well. Thanks to an owner who refused rescue during a free-for-all. He friends, he was known as pied by a Togolese family, and at Wahala followed Kevin every- to leave him behind, Wahala punched Julian Pete twice, and “Kolya,” short for the way his the edge of this property lived a where he went, and slept at the now resides in D.C. with Kevin, was quoted as saying “If Julian Russian accent pronounced stray dog in a storage hut. In foot of his bed at night. When and the two are welcome and had been a dime, I’d have bent ‘Nicholas.’ With the advent of return for keeping the area clear Kevin left for more than a few well-travelled additions to Con- him in two.” “talkies,” Dunaev moved to Hol- of pests, the dog received food days, Wahala would stop eating. It gressional Cemetery’s K9 Dunaev was born on May 26, lywood to work for the World Dunaev’s apartment on Belmont scraps from the family. Every year became clear to Kevin that he Corps.

6 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 7 Film Corporation where he earned another nickname, “the American Heritage strongman from Moscow.” With K9 Corner Otis Skinner, he starred in the original “Kismet.” He also wrote The Man Who Could Bend a and starred in the play “The Spi- Travelling from Afar der,” which played on Broadway Dime with His Fingers in the 1920s. very year during the month of the stray dog had a litter and He married a Ziegfeld Follies February Congressional Ceme- the family would sell the BY PAUL K. W ILLIAMS 1884 in dancer named Ina Byron, a rela- tery opens the K9 Corps waitlist puppies. The dog happened Moscow, Russia tionship that ended in divorce and invites new members to join to have a litter of puppies adly buried in an unmarked grave as Nicholas after just two years. He appar- Ethe dog walking program. while Kevin and his friend at R80/S385 at Congressional Dunay. He ently garnered 100,000 votes for Although the renewal and wait- were in Togo, and they set Cemetery is Russian-born actor, was the son of Roosevelt, earning a special list process can be a chaotic time about trying to entice the pup- could not leave this dog behind writer, and director Nicholas a Czarist commendation from the Presi- for the cemetery, it also brings its pies out from the storage hut. in Africa, so when the time came SAlexander Dunaev, who appeared nobleman, former dent. Having moved to Wash- own rewards. The cemetery staff Kevin bought fried peanut to leave Togo, Wahala came with in no less than thirty-four Holly- Lord Mayor of Moscow, and a ington, D.C. in 1937, he eventu- and renewing dog walkers are resin called kuli-kuli and pound- his owner. The trip wasn’t easy. wood films in the 1910s and graduate of the University of ally wrote the President in 1947 introduced to new people, new ed the resin into a powder. With Kevin lived over six hours away 1920s. Long since forgotten, per- Moscow Law School. Active in asking for a job, but was denied pups, and new stories, which led the bait in hand, they tried to from the nearest international haps his most eccentric trait was the Russian revolution in 1917, due to his Civil Service sta- us to the story of how Kevin lure the puppies out by placing airport. Because Wahala is prone his unusual ability to bend a he was an associate of Alexander tus. He was broke and destitute, Souza found his dog Wahala. piles of the powder around the to motion sickness, Kevin pur- dime in half, using only his fin- Kerensky, head of the provisional renting the modest apartment C Kevin, a new dog walker, storage hut. Out of all the pup- chased the whole backseat of the gertips. He was obviously a hit at government which was toppled at 1417 Belmont Street, NW resides in Washington, D.C. with pies, only one was brave enough bus to avoid problems. He decid- many a Hollywood party in the by the Bolshevik revolution. He (since razed). He authored a Wahala, although the origins of to venture out from the shelter, ed on a direct flight from Africa roaring twenties. was arrested and sent to Siberia novel entitled “Seven Doors to their story begin much further even letting Kevin pet him while to the United States to ease the And speaking of parties, in exile, from where he Sin” that was published by Van- abroad. After college Kevin he was eating. When the family stress on Wahala, but this Dunaev made news one night in escaped. He made his way to tage Press in 1954. He eventual- decided to join the Peace Corps, decided to sell the litter, Kevin involved crossing the border into 1924 when he joined Charlie France, where he married novel- ly moved in with a couple at 931 serving a total of two years in bought the brave puppy. He Ghana to reach the Accra air- Chaplin and other actors for din- ist Edith Donnerburg; she died New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Niger and extending for another named the puppy Wahala, which port. Kevin noted the varying ner at the exclusive Café just two years later. He once when he fell ill and died in year and a half in Togo. Before means “troublesome work” in attitudes towards Wahala on his Petroushka in Hollywood. Oil penned, “The act of killing the 1963. he joined the Peace Corps, Hausa, a local language in Niger. trip: “The Togolese customs magnate Julian Pete reportedly spirit in a man, of obliterating all Dunaev once wrote, “There Kevin had never owned a dog, In Kevin’s words, “Wahala is a agents harassed me in hopes of bumped – on purpose – Chap- sense of honor, faith, and a desire can never be a happy ending to a but by the time he left Togo he very smart and independent dog getting a bribe. The Ghanaian lin’s controversial date, actress for better things, is as surely poet’s life, for the ending is its had Wahala. but he is also a troublemaker. He immigration agents were kind Mary Miles Minter. An accom- homicide as though the man’s essential tragedy.” The perception of dogs varies learned to scale my chain link and greatly amused by my desire plished actress, she was blacklist- soul were taken from his body.” between the countries of Niger fence around my garden and to bring an African dog back to ed two years prior when she had Dunaev came to the United and Togo. According to Kevin, proceed to dig up everything I the U.S. The United agents were been implicated in the mysteri- States in 1919 to work as a while dogs are treated as “loyal planted.” Wahala’s nickname is helpful and sympathetic to my ous death of director William writer, actor, and director at the guardians” in Niger, in Togo, Wawa, which is a Hausa word for poor dog that had a bad week.” Desmond Taylor. A fight ensued, Vitagraph Corporation, one of dogs are not treated as pets. A someone who is “not quite In the end, Kevin and Wahala Chaplin received a punch to the the first motion film compa- fellow volunteer of Kevin’s lived right.” Kevin notes that both made it back safely to the States. eye, but our Dunaev came to the nies. To his new American adjacent to a compound occu- names suit his dog well. Thanks to an owner who refused rescue during a free-for-all. He friends, he was known as pied by a Togolese family, and at Wahala followed Kevin every- to leave him behind, Wahala punched Julian Pete twice, and “Kolya,” short for the way his the edge of this property lived a where he went, and slept at the now resides in D.C. with Kevin, was quoted as saying “If Julian Russian accent pronounced stray dog in a storage hut. In foot of his bed at night. When and the two are welcome and had been a dime, I’d have bent ‘Nicholas.’ With the advent of return for keeping the area clear Kevin left for more than a few well-travelled additions to Con- him in two.” “talkies,” Dunaev moved to Hol- of pests, the dog received food days, Wahala would stop eating. It gressional Cemetery’s K9 Dunaev was born on May 26, lywood to work for the World Dunaev’s apartment on Belmont scraps from the family. Every year became clear to Kevin that he Corps.

6 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 7 Stone Stories OPERATION CONSERVATION April Showers Bring May Flowers SEPTEMBER 20 – 21, 2014 • HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY BY MARGARET PUGLISI Save the Date! Spring is upon us, and with spring the flourish of blossoms erupts throughout the district. Everywhere you look there will be daffodils, crocuses, and cherry blossoms. Congressional Cemetery, with paths plentiful in Kwanzan cherry trees, is one of the most beautiful places to venture during this season. While this is a time for rebirth and budding, there are many spring flowers in the cemetery that are in bloom all year round. The flowers I am referring to happen to be carved in stone. Nestled throughout our cemetery, these flowers battle the bone-chilling snow and overwhelming heat characteristic to D.C., all while maintaining their splendor and grace throughout the entire year. Each blossom carries with it symbolic meaning associated with the loved one celebrated on the memorial.

ROSE: IRIS: • “Fragility of life to death” • “A message” • “Longevity” • “Sorrow” • Venus — “goddess of love,” Red = • Iris — “messenger of the gods” “martyrdom” offers guidance to heaven • White = “innocence” On Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 2014, The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery, partnering with the D.C. Metro Chapter of the Association DAISY: LILY: for Gravestone Studies, will be hosting Operation Conservation, a workshop to provide • “innocence” • “purity” educational outreach for those in our area who are interested in cemetery conservation. • “love” – “can grow almost anywhere” • “chastity” • “hope” • “attaining heavenly/spiritual The workshop will include presentations from the area’s leading preservation organizations: qualities” POPPY: • “maternal love” DC Historic Preservation Office • “consolation” DC Preservation League • “sleep and death” due to the flower’s LILY OF THE VALLEY: DMC Restoration association with opium • “innocence” Oak Hill Cemetery • Mythology of Hypnos- “god of sleep” • “purity” Robert Silman Associates and Morpheus — “god of dreams” • “sweetness” Topographix • “chastity” WebCemeteries.com THISTLE: Wellman Conservation, LLC • “earthly sorrows” Worcester Eisenbrandt, Inc • Scottish tale of the thistle providing BUDS: protection when the plants injured • “youth” The format of the program will integrate a variety of informative lectures with hands-on barefoot Norse invaders • “Fragility” experience through technique demonstration. Presentation topics will range from conservation of funerary objects and structures to preservation planning and engineering. Cemetery preservation planning presentations will address interpretive and interactive technology options, In celebration of our liberation from the incessant snow of winter 2014, we are having a scavenger hunt endangered cemeteries, and discovering unexpected burials. Hands-on demonstrations will through the cemetery. Everyone who records the location of six out of the eight varieties illustrated in this consist of repointing, ground-penetrating radar, and common cemetery conservation techniques. article will receive a free t-shirt. Stop by the office with your results to receive your prize. Registration will begin in May. If you would like more information, please email Information about flower symbolism found in Douglas Keister’s Stories in Stone and The Old Farmer’s Almanac: [email protected]. http://www.almanac.com/content/meaning-flowers. Information about flower mythology found on Encyclopedia of Myths: http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Fi-Go/Flowers-in- Mythology.html.

8 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 9 Stone Stories OPERATION CONSERVATION April Showers Bring May Flowers SEPTEMBER 20 – 21, 2014 • HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY BY MARGARET PUGLISI Save the Date! Spring is upon us, and with spring the flourish of blossoms erupts throughout the district. Everywhere you look there will be daffodils, crocuses, and cherry blossoms. Congressional Cemetery, with paths plentiful in Kwanzan cherry trees, is one of the most beautiful places to venture during this season. While this is a time for rebirth and budding, there are many spring flowers in the cemetery that are in bloom all year round. The flowers I am referring to happen to be carved in stone. Nestled throughout our cemetery, these flowers battle the bone-chilling snow and overwhelming heat characteristic to D.C., all while maintaining their splendor and grace throughout the entire year. Each blossom carries with it symbolic meaning associated with the loved one celebrated on the memorial.

8 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 9 HCC Receives Green Burial Certification Archives Historic Congressional Ceme- As part of the certification grave, and assisting in the deco- tery (HCC) was certified as a process, Congressional also rating of the grave after it has green Hybrid Ceme- altered its rules and regulations been filled. Honored Ranks tery Provider by to include family participation in For more information visit the the Green Burial the burial and ritual process site sales tab on our website or hunt through the Congressional (Range 7/Site 96), who earned Council on itself, including assisting in visit www.greenburialcouncil. Cemetery shared network drive his Medal of Honor because of March 18, 2014, preparing the grave with flowers, org. can elicit a number of finds, the his heroic actions at Petersburg the only cemetery lowering the body, filling of the best of which can often be locat- on July 20, 1864. McAlwee within a 100-mile Aed in the folder entitled “lists.” “picked up a shell with a burn- radius of Washington, D.C. to This simple title belies the com- ing fuse and threw it over the achieve the distinction. The cer- plicated nature of the file, as parapet into the ditch, where it tification stipulates that we fol- looking through the “lists” folder exploded; by this act he probably low strict standards for truly can be likened to perusing the saved the lives of comrades at green burial options, in addition Order Form shelves of a used bookstore. You great peril of his own.” Through- to our more traditional casket can’t go in search of something out the Civil War, McAlwee par- burials. A COOKBOOK FOR PRESIDENTS particular, but there are treasures ticipated in 27 engagements and “Green burial options are AND RESIDENTS ALIKE to be found amidst the stacks. All was awarded a furlough of 25 increasingly popular with pre- lists refer to individuals interred days by General Meade for brav- planning baby boomers and other in the cemetery and bear eclectic ery. After the war, McAlwee socially and environmentally con- titles: Authors, Governors, Grave Grave of John G. Merritt worked as a watchman at the scious individuals,” says Paul K. robbers, Assassinations, Firemen, Treasury Department until the Return this form with payment to Williams, President of HCC, “and Masons, and Steamboat men. medals of honor throughout end of his life. Congressional Cemetery with the designation, we are Some extend for pages, while American history were awarded We know very little about 1801 E Street SE proud to be the only cemetery in others are quite short. Perhaps during the Civil War. these two heroes outside of their Washington DC 20003 the Washington DC metropolitan the shortest list is “Medal of Captain John G. Merritt Medal of Honor status. Without region to qualify to date.” Green Honor at HCC.” Two individuals (Range 72/Site 359) was one of our “lists” folder, perhaps we Name ______burials have been taking place at interred in Congressional Ceme- the first recipients of the Medal wouldn’t know about them at HCC for several years, but are Address ______tery are recipients of the Medal of Honor. He received this com- all, so the staff at Congressional now an option anywhere within ______of Honor mendation for his actions during Cemetery extend a hearty thank the first Battle of Bull Run in the cemetery’s 35 acres. Approxi- Email ______It makes sense that this is list is you to Jim Oliver for compiling mately 2,000 full body sites still so small. According to the Con- July 1861. Merritt this information. The presence of remain for sale. Phone______gressional Medal of Honor Soci- “was wounded two Civil War Medal of Honor while capturing At Congressional, a certified ______Number of books at $20.00 each ety, “the Medal of Honor is the recipients within the cemetery’s green burial does not allow for highest award for valor in action flag in advance walls is an honor indeed. embalming or use of any con- Plus $3 shipping and handling = ______Total against an enemy force which of his regiment,” Information about Medal of crete vault (partial, inverted or can be bestowed upon an indi- the 1st Regi- Honor and recipients: US Army otherwise), lid, concrete box, slab FORM OF PAYMENT vidual serving in the Armed ment of Min- Center of Military Research: or partial liner. In addition, bur- □ Enclosing a check made out to APHCC Services of the United States.” nesota Volun- http://www.history.army.mil/ teers. ial must take place in an eco- □ Credit Card □ MasterCard □ VISA The Medal of Honor tradition index.html; Congressional friendly container such as a began during the Civil War Congression- Medal of Honor Society: wicker casket or plain wooden Card Number______when Senator James W. Grimes al Cemetery’s http://www.cmohs.org/ other Medal box without hardware. Some Name on Card ______introduced legislation to distrib- medal-history.php. Additional individuals wish to be buried ute medals of honor to the Navy. of Honor details about Merritt and Expiration Date ______only clothed in a shroud, which Legislation for the Army medal interment is McAlwee found at www. the cemetery also allows as part Signature ______of honor followed shortly there- Benjamin F. Grave of Benjamin congressionalcemetery.org. of its new designation. after. Almost half of all the McAlwee F. McAlwee

10 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 11 HCC Receives Green Burial Certification Archives Historic Congressional Ceme- As part of the certification grave, and assisting in the deco- tery (HCC) was certified as a process, Congressional also rating of the grave after it has green Hybrid Ceme- altered its rules and regulations been filled. Honored Ranks tery Provider by to include family participation in For more information visit the the Green Burial the burial and ritual process site sales tab on our website or hunt through the Congressional (Range 7/Site 96), who earned Council on itself, including assisting in visit www.greenburialcouncil. Cemetery shared network drive his Medal of Honor because of March 18, 2014, preparing the grave with flowers, org. can elicit a number of finds, the his heroic actions at Petersburg the only cemetery lowering the body, filling of the best of which can often be locat- on July 20, 1864. McAlwee within a 100-mile Aed in the folder entitled “lists.” “picked up a shell with a burn- radius of Washington, D.C. to This simple title belies the com- ing fuse and threw it over the achieve the distinction. The cer- plicated nature of the file, as parapet into the ditch, where it tification stipulates that we fol- looking through the “lists” folder exploded; by this act he probably low strict standards for truly can be likened to perusing the saved the lives of comrades at green burial options, in addition Order Form shelves of a used bookstore. You great peril of his own.” Through- to our more traditional casket can’t go in search of something out the Civil War, McAlwee par- burials. A COOKBOOK FOR PRESIDENTS particular, but there are treasures ticipated in 27 engagements and “Green burial options are AND RESIDENTS ALIKE to be found amidst the stacks. All was awarded a furlough of 25 increasingly popular with pre- lists refer to individuals interred days by General Meade for brav- planning baby boomers and other in the cemetery and bear eclectic ery. After the war, McAlwee socially and environmentally con- titles: Authors, Governors, Grave Grave of John G. Merritt worked as a watchman at the scious individuals,” says Paul K. robbers, Assassinations, Firemen, Treasury Department until the Return this form with payment to Williams, President of HCC, “and Masons, and Steamboat men. medals of honor throughout end of his life. Congressional Cemetery with the designation, we are Some extend for pages, while American history were awarded We know very little about 1801 E Street SE proud to be the only cemetery in others are quite short. Perhaps during the Civil War. these two heroes outside of their Washington DC 20003 the Washington DC metropolitan the shortest list is “Medal of Captain John G. Merritt Medal of Honor status. Without region to qualify to date.” Green Honor at HCC.” Two individuals (Range 72/Site 359) was one of our “lists” folder, perhaps we Name ______burials have been taking place at interred in Congressional Ceme- the first recipients of the Medal wouldn’t know about them at HCC for several years, but are Address ______tery are recipients of the Medal of Honor. He received this com- all, so the staff at Congressional now an option anywhere within ______of Honor mendation for his actions during Cemetery extend a hearty thank the first Battle of Bull Run in the cemetery’s 35 acres. Approxi- Email ______It makes sense that this is list is you to Jim Oliver for compiling mately 2,000 full body sites still so small. According to the Con- July 1861. Merritt this information. The presence of remain for sale. Phone______gressional Medal of Honor Soci- “was wounded two Civil War Medal of Honor while capturing At Congressional, a certified ______Number of books at $20.00 each ety, “the Medal of Honor is the recipients within the cemetery’s green burial does not allow for highest award for valor in action flag in advance walls is an honor indeed. embalming or use of any con- Plus $3 shipping and handling = ______Total against an enemy force which of his regiment,” Information about Medal of crete vault (partial, inverted or can be bestowed upon an indi- the 1st Regi- Honor and recipients: US Army otherwise), lid, concrete box, slab FORM OF PAYMENT vidual serving in the Armed ment of Min- Center of Military Research: or partial liner. In addition, bur- □ Enclosing a check made out to APHCC Services of the United States.” nesota Volun- http://www.history.army.mil/ teers. ial must take place in an eco- □ Credit Card □ MasterCard □ VISA The Medal of Honor tradition index.html; Congressional friendly container such as a began during the Civil War Congression- Medal of Honor Society: wicker casket or plain wooden Card Number______when Senator James W. Grimes al Cemetery’s http://www.cmohs.org/ other Medal box without hardware. Some Name on Card ______introduced legislation to distrib- medal-history.php. Additional individuals wish to be buried ute medals of honor to the Navy. of Honor details about Merritt and Expiration Date ______only clothed in a shroud, which Legislation for the Army medal interment is McAlwee found at www. the cemetery also allows as part Signature ______of honor followed shortly there- Benjamin F. Grave of Benjamin congressionalcemetery.org. of its new designation. after. Almost half of all the McAlwee F. McAlwee

10 HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE / SPRING 2014 11 Yes! NON-PROFIT ORG. I want to help preserve and restore Congressional Cemetery U.S. POSTAGE with a tax deductible donation. PAID SUBURBAN, MD □ $25 □ $50 □ $75 □ $100 □ $250 □ Other______PERMIT NO. 3878 Special donation for the Sousa Gate Project: Anonymous □ Yes □ No 2013 Membership: □ $125 Individual □ $250 Family Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery □Check enclosed, made payable to Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast □Please charge my credit card □ Visa □ Mastercard Washington, DC 20003 www.congressionalcemetery.org Card # ______Cardmember Name ______Exp______Signature ______Name ______Address ______City ______State______Zip______Phone/s______Email______□ My employer makes matching contributions. Please send me the matching gift form. Thank you! Please mail with your donation to the return address on the mailing panel or use the envelope inside this newsletter.

Calendar of Events April 5 Weekly docent-led tours resume April 13 Back to Life Art Show April 19 Annual Meeting and Revolutionary War Living History Event May 10 Maibockfest: Book Party and Beer Tasting for Garrett Peck’s Capital Beer May 17 Food Truck Festival June 6 Pride 5k June 21 Arsenal Memorial August 24 Flee the British 5k August 30 Day of the Dog Reserve your place in American History Congressional Cemetery is a non-denominational burial ground open to the whole community. Introducing burial niches next year. Traditional grave sites are available in a number of price ranges. Call today. 202-543-0539

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