Heritage Gazette ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY • WINTER 2012 Straight and Narrow

hanks to funds raised by our generous K9 Corps, the 1854 Lane family memorial is back on the up and up. After years of cracking, leaning, and threatening to fall, you can now find a newly restored and reinforced Lane memorial at R42-43/S106-110. The monument had been fixed at least Tonce before, in 2002, but those measures didn’t hold. This time, Jeff Ray- mond of Dignity by Design made sure the improvements will hold. He lifted the top portion and urn from the base panels, removed the ten-year- old stainless steel threads that failed to keep the structure plumb, and insert- ed new ones that hold the side panels tight against the corner pieces. Joints were filled with dyed-to-match lime based mortar manufactured by Virginia Lime Works for a water tight seal. The Lane Memorial is just the first in what we hope will be a long series of restoration projects. The second stone that Raymond repaired can be found close by at Range 42, Site 111. This three part monument was lying face down in the soil. The 166-year-old marker is the grave of William Henry, who was interred there in 1846. A lawyer and native of Kentucky, he died while serving an appointment at the Federal govern- ment’s Land Office. The Henry memorial is composed of a base, long plinth, and carved cap. Raymond leveled the base, affixed the plinth to the base with a thin layer of lime based mortar, plumbed the stone with shims, and then affixed the cap using the same material. Barry Hayman, our grounds conservation manager, has located additional stones in immediate need of repair using the K-9 Corps fund, and we are in the process of getting quotes for those memorials. Look for before-during-and-after pictures on our social media and websites when the process is com- plete for these stones and future memorials restored by the K-9 Corps.

HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY: T HE BOOK We are delighted to announce that our new book has been published by Arcadia Press and is now available for purchase! With gorgeous photographs on every page, Historic Congressional Cemetery explores the wonderfully rich history of this enchanting place. Visit www.congressionalcemetery.org to order your copy.

WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE /WINTER 2012 1 Letter from the Chair

SO MANY REASONS TO BE THANKFUL

The leaves have fallen from the cemetery trees, THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION visitors arrive bundled against the cold, and OF HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY the squirrel-chasing dogs have to search harder for their furry targets. It’s the time of year 1801 E Street, Southeast when the monuments of the cemetery stand Washington, DC 20003 202-543-0539 out in stark beauty against the bare ground, www.congressionalcemetery.org and our thoughts turn to thanks for the past [email protected] year and resolutions for the new. BOARD OF DIRECTORS We have much to be thankful for at Congressional Cemetery. John Gillespie, Chair Our finances are healthy, thanks to site sales, grants, K9 dues, George A. Chamberlain, Jr., Vice Chair and contributions from members. We weathered a potentially Clyde H. Henderson, III, Secretary rocky leadership transition, and came out stronger. We hosted Stephen Lybarger, Treasurer Amy Ballard many successful events, published a book, and earned excellent Ted Bechtol press. We restored and protected some of our most treasured Sharon Bosworth monuments. We received a jolt of fresh energy from new, eager Kelly R. Crowe staff members. We are profoundly grateful for all we have, and Patti Martin Edward S. Miller the fact that hundreds of new people are discovering what we Sid Neely all know to be true: Congressional Cemetery is a truly special Rhonda Sincavage place. Beverly Ward But we cannot just sit around and admire ourselves. Our STAFF New Year’s resolutions are ambitious. We plan to map the entire Paul K. Williams, President property with ground penetrating radar (see Paul Williams’ let- Margaret Puglisi, Vice President ter for details). We hope to build on the success of events like Dayle Dooley, Archivist Dead Man’s Run and Ghosts and Goblets. We expect to restore Barry Hayman, Grounds Conservation Manager many more monuments and vaults to their original splendor. Randolph King, Groundskeeper We look forward to welcoming many more visitors with new Lauren Maloy, Office Manager tours and programs. We have ambitious fundraising goals. Andrea O’Hara, Finance If I had to capture these goals in one resolution, it would be Crystal Pate, Office Manager Rebecca Roberts, Program Director this: In 2013, the Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery will do our very best to preserve our The Association for the Preservation of past, celebrate our present, and ensure a future we can all be Historic Congressional Cemetery is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. All proud of. We look forward to having you be part of it. A very donations are deductible to the extent per- happy holidays season to you all, and all the best for the new mitted by federal tax laws. Funding for the year. preservation and maintenance of Historic Congressional Cemetery is provided in part —JOHN GILLESPIE 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 / WINTER 2012 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG From the President HCC Announces Ground Penetrating Radar Project ongressional Cemetery will soon office or on a mobile device, the measures, and sometimes unreli- be at a turning point in its long resulting GPS coordinates could able references with regard to and rich history, when we imple- lead the user directly to any site range and site numbers. ment an underground mapping in the cemetery on foot, similar Congressional Cemetery has Cproject using state-of-the-art to a car’s directional GPS. It will digitized hundreds of thousands of ground penetrating radar (GPR). map both the 20,000 marked and records relating to the people The resulting digital map will approximately 35,000 unmarked and physical grounds — and the not only reveal the locations of graves in the cemetery. complex databases that have used and unused gravesites but Today, when a new site is sold resulted in the past two decades hundreds, perhaps thousands, of or a previously purchased site is are in a variety of formats, some buried headstones and pieces and needed for a burial, cemetery more user friendly than others, parts of funerary statuary for staff need to consult no less than but most not compatible with eventual restoration. The most a dozen different documents and each other. Over the years, each pressing issue, however, is its abil- records to gather information on and every headstone has been ity to help streamline new site that plot, physically locate, meas- photographed multiple times, but sales and reveal sites that can be ure, and map the plot, and then have never been tied together to added to the available site list. undertake a physical probing of show deterioration and/or Combined with easy to use the site regardless of the weather. restoration over time. Our cemetery specific software, the The process takes hours or recently scanned original hand- project will capture every possi- sometimes days for each site to written logbooks date to 1820, ble piece of information known ensure it is vacant and available but have also never been tied about any particular site, along for burial. No detailed digital into a single program; until now. with photographs, obits, map of headstones exist, nor has Software specifically designed genealogical information, sales, any GIS mapping been complet- for cemetery management pro- and transfers. ed beyond the NPS restoration vides a user friendly face in front The GPR project is possible of the cenotaphs. Physically of a complex and powerful data- only through the generosity of locating a specific plot in the base that can tie an unlimited Board member Edward S. Miller cemetery also requires hours of amount of data, pictures, and and his friend, Gerry Lenfest, a mapping with string, stakes, tape documents along with digital scholar of the Revolution- maps of both above ground ary War. Each contributed and underground surfaces. $17,000 toward the estimat- The combination of the ed $50,000 project. Compa- software and the new GPR nies with expertise in GPR mapping will allow us to are being solicited for bids properly document all past on the project, which will activities, and efficiently and map above and below affordably manage future ground on all 35 acres in site sales, burials, and infra- our cemetery. The mapping structure improvements. should take about 30 days The software maps and to complete, and work is connects an unlimited scheduled to begin this winter. Utilized in the Matt Turner of GeoModel continued on page 7

WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE /WINTER 2012 3 Around the Gatehouse DEAD MAN’S RUN and flashlight tours of the afore- It was a great run! Hundreds of mentioned cemetery residents. runners and their families gath- ered in the October twilight to SOUSA DAY compete in the second annual John Philip Sousa turned 158 on Dead Man’s Run 5K and (new November 6th, and over a hun- this year) kids’ fun run. We had dred folks took a break from running ninjas, ballerinas, vam- election madness to come cele- pires, skeletons, and at least one brate at the cemetery with music superhero. Congratulations to and cake. As usual, the U.S. Volunteer of the Year Daniel Hol- Zachary Barter and Elizabeth Marine Band came to play their combe with APHCC President Paul Karrmann, who went home with annual tribute to the March Williams the coveted skull medals for King. The Association for the opportunity to hand out our overall first place finishes. Preservation of Historic Con- annual awards. Congratulations gressional Cemetery took the to volunteer of the year Daniel GHOSTS AND GOBLETS Holcombe, docent The charitable Marguerite of the year Susan Dupont Lee, the irresponsible Wagner, and John Beau Hickman, the formidable Philip Sousa award Belva Lockwood, and the winner Rebecca adorable Marion Kahlert were Roberts! among the cemetery residents who came to haunt the Ghosts and Goblets Gala on October The U.S. Marine 27th. Also in attendance: many Band played their festive cemetery fans, supporters, annual tribute to neighbors, and dog walkers. All John Philip Sousa enjoyed a lovely buffet and bar,

4 HERITAGE GAZETTE / WINTER 2012 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG the gatehouse, or you can order one through our website at www.congressionalcemetery.org.

WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS! The fall has been a busy one for volunteer groups. Members of DAY OF REMEMBRANCE the K9 Corps have been busy More than 250 service members tending the brick path down by and civilian volunteers came to the Methodist Memorial in the the cemetery on September 8th east end of the cemetery. An for a day of service in memory Interfaith Group from Washing- race route for Dead Man’s Run! for the victims of the September ton-Jefferson College cleared a We rely on groups like these to 11th. With enthusiasm, muscle, big part of the overgrown hill- get big projects done without and buckets of good will, the side along 17th Street. And a big budgets. If you would like to volunteers tackled 17 different group from Wooster College schedule a group, please contact projects, from cleaning monu- cleaned and prepped the entire Paul Williams in the gatehouse. ments to pulling weeds to right- ing fallen headstones. In just four MEET ANDREA O’HARA AND CRYSTAL PATE hours, this dedicated army of Andrea O’Hara owns her own accounting practice, volunteers accomplished tens of so she usually works from the comfort of home. thousands of dollars of conserva- But once a week, Andrea is the cemetery’s account- tion work. We look forward to ant, making bank deposits, paying the invoices and having them back next year! payroll and preparing the financial statements for the board. She claims Congressional is her most NEW CEMETERY HISTORY interesting client (although she admits to finding it spooky enough After years of diligent research that she always leaves before dark). Andrea is also working on and meticulous becoming a Master Gardener and has strong opinions about shrub attention to detail, trimming. we are delighted You can find the always smiling Crystal Pate to announce the behind the front desk in the gatehouse. Still fairly publication of new to the DC area, Crystal enjoys exploring the Ron and Abby region with her kids. She is also a fabulous cook, Johnson’s new although she will not tell you the recipe for her book In the chicken, no matter how nicely you ask. Crystal Shadow of the says she enjoys the company of the living more than that of the United States Capitol: Congressional dead, but the charm and history of the cemetery are growing on Cemetery and the Memory of the her. Nation. Copies are available in

WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE /WINTER 2012 5 American Heritage The Accomplished Hyatt Family

lthough the Hyatt family monu- pennames of essayist and federal- Military Academy and Yale for a ment at (R52-53/S109-114) is ist Joseph Dennie. Dennie also time, but was pulled out of perfectly lovely, it does not stand used Oliver Oldschool as his school to travel with his invalid out in a cemetery full of lovely pseudonym when he wrote a mother to Rome. Despite seri- Amonuments. But it is unusual scathing article attacking Jeffer- ous pressure from his mother and for two reasons: first of all, it is sonian democracy in 1803. That her Italian friends to join the actually a crypt. Underneath the article earned Dennie a seditious priesthood, Alpheus was drawn to monument lies a brick chamber libel charge, of which he was science, and enrolled at Harvard containing the remains of 17 acquitted. when he came back from his Hyatts. The other distinguishing But back to the Hyatts. After travels. At Harvard he was one of feature of the Hyatt memorial is Rachel’s death, Alpheus married many young scientists influenced the distinction of the resident Harriett Randolph King and had by legendary natural scientist family members. four children, two of whom lived Louis Agassiz, and devoted him- The crypt was built by to adulthood. Mary Ida Hyatt self to the study of fossils. Alpheus Hyatt upon the death of married Naval Admiral Aaron Then the Civil War broke out. his first wife Rachel Stettinius Ward Weaver, and is buried at Alpheus, with his military acade- Hyatt in 1836. Alpheus Hyatt Arlington Cemetery with him, my training, immediately volun- was a cabinetmaker of some although their three children are teered for the Union army. This prominence. His father Seth ran all in the Hyatt Vault. decision did not sit well with his a grocery on Pennsylvania Alpheus and Rachel’s son Washingtonian family, who sym- Avenue. Rachel’s father ran a Alpheus, Junior was born in pathized with the Confederacy. grocery, too, and both the Hyatt 1838. He attended the Maryland Some southern relatives did not and Stettinius families date back to the very earliest days of this city. The east face of the monu- ment is dedicated to Rachel, and is inscribed with this verse, the last stanza of a poem called “Tribute to the Memory of Anne Smedes”:

When ling’ring pains her bosom tore Resign’d she kiss’d the chast’ning rod. Each mortal pang with meekness bore And smil’d in death to meet her God.

As a historical footnote, the author of the poem is Oliver One of Alpheus Hyatt’s medals is embedded on the monument. Oldschool, one of the many The spaces below once held bronze plaques.

6 HERITAGE GAZETTE / WINTER 2012 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG reconcile with their Yankee FROM THE PRESIDENT cousin for thirty years. continued from page 3 After the war, Alpheus quietly amount of data into any one par- became the world’s leading ticular plot: expert on fossil cephalopods • Site sales, ownership infor- (invertebrates such as squid and mation, interment dates, and octopi). He married Audella names of those interred Beebe and had four children, • Deed transfers, reclamation, three of whom survived. Daugh- and associated plots owned ter Anna Hyatt Huntington by the same family became a famous sculptor, • Headstone pictures, aerial known for massive bronze statues Alpheus Hyatt became a DC Comic book character. map, and map of headstone of animals, particularly horses. locations (above and below Another daughter, Harriet Hyatt not extend to taste in poetry. ground) Mayor, was also an accomplished But as the inscription fades with • Obituaries, family genealogi- artist. Her son A. Hyatt Mayor time and weather, we immortal- cal pictures, papers, and his- was a well-known art historian ize it here. toric letters or biographies in New York. Alpheus taught The brightest start of morning’s host • Underground GPR map zoology at Harvard and MIT, (down 10’) showing inter- and founded a marine biological Is that which shines in twilight skies; Scarce risen, in brighter beams ‘tis ments, obstructions, infra- laboratory in Cape Cod, the structure predecessor of today’s Marine lost, And vanishes form mortal eyes. • Pdfs of all original handwrit- Biological laboratory at Woods ten records related to the site Hole. He died very suddenly in Its loss inspires a brief regret Its loveliness in ne’er forgot from log books, interment 1902, on his way to a meeting of records, etc. the Boston Society of Natural We know full well ‘tis shining yet Although we may behold it not. • Physical property structures, History. One of his medals is utilities, waterlines, sidewalks, embedded in the north side of And thus the spirit which is gone Is but absorbed in glory’s blaze etc. the Hyatt monument. Below • New deed and permit gen- that medal were once two In beaming brightness burning on Tho’ lost unto our finite gaze. eration, reports, and sum- bronze plaques, one depicting maries Alpheus Hyatt peering into a There are who watched it to the last There are who can forget it never • Custom plot manipulation to microscope, the other showing show multiple interments, Audella Hyatt with a painter’s May these, when death’s dark shade is past sites out of line, and any palette. The plaques are no anomalies longer affixed to the brick, but Partake with joy its light forever! Maps of the entire cemetery or we are keeping them safe in the Alpheus Hyatt was also a specific area can instantly be cemetery gatehouse. memorialized in a less traditional created to show available plots, The entire west side of the way. The DC Comics character unusable plots, site issues or Hyatt monument is inscribed Ray Palmer, better known as The with verse, stanzas 7-10 of” Vers- Atom, was supposed to be a sci- questionable sites, and even his- es to the Memory of a Child of entist at Ivy University. The torical maps that could show Superior Endowments and other scientists at the school are everyone that served in the Extraordinary Piety” by Bernard named after real people, includ- American Revolution, died of Barton (better known as The ing Alpheus Hyatt. The comic typhoid in the 1900s, or even Quaker Poet). Perhaps we may book Dr. Hyatt invented the maps of all the people that once read in this that the Hyatt fami- “Time Pool”, a device that opens resided on the same street.  ly’s talent in science and art did a portal into other times. — PAUL K. WILLIAMS

WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE /WINTER 2012 7 Stone Stories Meaning in Macomb BY MARGARET PUGLISI

DECODING A MILITARY HERO’S MEMORIAL Imagery on memorial artwork, especially in the 19th century, was a mode of artistically expressing symbolic meaning and would have been effortlessly understood and recognized by onlookers.

DOVE LION’S PAW “purity & peace “courage, majesty, & “powerful symbol of the strength” Holy Ghost” “Resurrection”

HELMET “power, protection, & thought” HOURGLASS & WINGS DRAPE “veil between heaven & “time is running out” earth” “cyclic nature of life & death, heaven & earth” 12 - 15 STARS “divine guidance” SCYTHE & BRANCH “weapons of death”

EAGLE “symbol of America LAUREL WREATH “resurrection & “victory, eternity, immortality, chastity rebirth” “symbol of military as well as intellectual “generosity — the growth” old belief that no “thought to cleanse the soul of any guilt matter how great it had over the slaying of enemies” the bird’s hunger, it always left half SNAKE EATING TAIL its prey” “immortality, rejuvenation, & eternity” SWORD “for every ending there is a new “association with military” beginning” OAK LEAVES BUTTERFLY “King of the trees” “life, death, & resurrection” “strength, endurance, eternity, “wandering spirits” honor, liberty, & virtue”

ALEXANDER MACOMB 1782-1841 R55/147

With an enduring military history, starting at the age of sixteen and best known for his victory at the Battle of Platts- burg in 1814, Macomb was a well-respected and beloved man. Resurrection is an overarching theme illustrated on the monument indicating that Macomb was a strong believer in the continuous cycle of life. The symbols illustrated on the monument greatly exemplify Alexander Macomb’s military importance and his philosophies and values in life and death. Information about symbols found in Douglas Keister’s Stories in Stone. Information about Macomb found in HCC archives.

8 HERITAGE GAZETTE / WINTER 2012 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG From the Ground Up Bats, Beetles, and Lacewings

ll kinds of winged creatures fly (actually, some beetles have no through the grounds of Congres- spots and others have as many as sional Cemetery. Some are five spots on each elytra, but Amajestic, some are annoying, and they’re all called six-spotted tiger some actually help our grounds- beetles). In the larval stage, tiger keeping crew. Grounds manager beetles eat ants and spiders and Barry Hayman recently found a other small insects that might little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) walk by. The adult beetles, which in one of the cemetery mau- are known for their incredible soleums. Bats get a bad rap for speed, are among the best preda- being creepy or even rabid, but tors in the insect world. They the truth is they are helpful. They catch a lot of pests both on the eat mosquitos, gnats, and wasps, ground and on the wing. They’ll all pests we have in abundance, as bite you, too, if you get too any summer visitor knows. In the close. They’ll also emit a stinky winter, when the weather turns gas to scare you off. too cold for their insect prey, the bats hibernate. Another helpful creature spot- ted on the grounds is the six- spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata). The black and white photo doesn’t do this handsome bug justice — it is an eye-catch- A brown lacewing hides on the bark ing metallic green. Each of its of a cedar tree. elytra (outer wings) has three white spots around the edges, particularly conifers, lacewings hence the six-spotted name prey on arboreal pests. Gardeners love lacewings because they eat aphids, and Christmas tree farm- ers have been known to intro- duce lacewings to keep the aphid population down. Since sap- The six-spotted tiger beetle is a sucking aphids are among the striking metallic green. most destructive insect pests in climates like ours, we were happy Finally, we also found an inter- to see this lacewing on a little esting looking brown lace wing Japanese cedar tree outside the (which could be one of many gatehouse.  species in the genus hemerobius). An angry bat guards a mausoleum. Because they hang out in trees,

WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG HERITAGE GAZETTE /WINTER 2012 9 Dear Santa... Your generous contributions to Congressional Cemetery make it possible for us to continue to preserve, restore, and enhance Order Form our historic grounds and mark- ers. And now, for a donation of HISTORIC $500 or more, you will receive a stone replica of our most treas- CONGRESSIONAL ured and recognizable cenotaphs. It measures 3.5 inches square, CEMETERY: and is composed of molded nat- THE BOOK ural stone in exact scale of the original, imprinted on one side with our logo. A treasure certain to cherish for years to Return this form with payment to come! Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street SE Washington DC 20003

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10 HERITAGE GAZETTE / WINTER 2012 WWW.CONGRESSIONALCEMETERY.ORG Archives Carriages in the Cemetery

BY LAUREN MALOY glory?). Perhaps the best part is a all. You can find A.A. seal scrawled in ink and marked Humphreys today at Range 63, ur archivist Dayle Dooley recent- simply as “seal,” which seems to Site 184 near the Chapel. Just ly found a treasure in the be another one of Cross’ interest- don’t arrive via carriage.  archives. Addressed to General ing shortcuts. OA.A. Humphreys, a respected Even though we don’t have Union general who fought in General Humphreys’ original let- the notable battles of Antietam, ter, it’s all too easy to picture this Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, distinguished citizen strolling the the 1879 letter refers to a com- grounds of Congressional Ceme- plaint that General Humphreys tery, scowling at the occasional presented to the vestry of Christ carriage and the nuisance of it Church. Unfortunately we don’t have Humphreys’ original letter 711-12th Street S.E. to Christ Church, but the very Washington, DC cordial response to the general October 16 1879 reveals volumes about his com- Gen. A.A. Humphries, plaint. General Humphreys must have been upset about the pres- Sir ence of carriages in the Ceme- Your communication of the 11th Oct. in relation to carriages tery, even though carriages were entering the Congressional Cemetery on funeral occasions was only allowed for funerals or by laid before the Vestry of Christ Church at its last meeting on the special request. He must have 14th inst.; and after due considerations I was directed to say to you appealed to the vestry to create a that while they would be pleased to comply with your request, new rule banning all carriages they find that it could not be done without detriment to very from the Cemetery, excluding many lot owners, and would moreover give offense to a large even these special cases. number, particularly those whose lots are at a great distance from Although the return letter is very the gates, as in bad weather it would be very disagreeable to be respectful, the representative from compelled to alight on the street outside the Cemetery and have Christ Church, J.B. Cross, to walk so far to the place of interments. unequivocally denied General A large number have requested to have rule 29 (which prohibits Humphreys’ request. the admission of vehicles, except at funerals without a special per- There are a lot of things to mit from the Com on Cemetery) rescinded so they can drive love about the letter itself. First through the grounds at any time; which request has from time to of all, J.B. Cross spells General time been refused. Humphreys’ name wrong. Not Under these circumstances they conclude that it would not be off to a great start. Additional judicious nor advisable to make such a rule as you suggest. quirks in the letter include lovely Very respectfully, phrases such as “alight on the Your obt. servt street” and perplexing abbrevia- J.B. Cross tions including “Your obt. servt” Register (it was too difficult to write out Christ Church the phrase in all its Victorian

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Planning for 2013 We are in the midst of planning an exciting schedule for the upcoming year. Look for new events including a conservation workshop, “Sousa Palooza,” a Revolutionary War event, a Pride 5K and a Day of the Dog Festival. Of course, we’ll continue to sponsor our annual events such as Dead Man’s Run and Ghosts and Goblets. 2013 promises to be a good year! 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