Arlington National Cemetery - Monuments to G. W. P. Custis and Wife

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:511024
Type: Postcard
Era: Undivided Back
City: Arlington
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Arlington
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
MONUMENTS TO GEO. WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS AND WIFE. In a retired part of Arlington Cemetery two marble shafts mark the graves of George Washington Parke Custis and his wife Mary L. Custis. When Col. John Parke Custis (son of Mrs. Washington) died at the siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War, Gen. Washington adopted as his own the two children, George Washington Parke Custis and his sister Nelly. G. W. P. Custis lived at Mount Vernon until after the death of Mrs. Washington, when he removed to Arlington. He died in 1857.

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