Tomb of the Unknown, The Temple of Fame and Rear of the Curtis-Lee Mansion

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $6.95
Original Price: $11.95

Stock #:337674
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Arlington
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Arlington
Publisher: W.B. Garrison, Inc.
Postmark: 1917 Feb-6
Postmark City: Washington
Postmark State: DC
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:Mrs. A. Ostraf
Dresden apt 1
Atlantic City, NJ

Additional Details:
Marks the resting place of 2,111 unknown soldiers gathered after the Civil War from the fields of Bull Run and the route to the Banpahannock. To the right is seen the Temple of Flame around the dome of which, held on columns, are inscribed the names of the Army and Navy heroes. To the left is seen a rear view of the Curtis-Lee Mansion which was built in 1802. It is preserved as it was in the days of Curtis, the adopted son of Washington, who built it, and of Robert E. Lee, who married Mary Curtis within it and lived here until the Civil War

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