32 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



E. Lee and resided here until the outbreak of the 

 Civil War. 



Today Mount Vernon is a National Shrine and 

 at Arlington is located the great National Mili- 

 tary Cemetery, where has been erected that great 

 Amphitheatre, built entirely of marble, with a seat- 

 ing capacity of five thousand, and standing room 

 in the galleries for as many more. 



It is here that the President annually addresses 

 a gathering on Memorial Day, and again services 

 are here held on November llth in commemora- 

 tion of Armistice Day. 



Here also reposes the body of the Unknown Sol- 

 dier; to rest undisturbed through the coming ages, 

 and standing as a typification of sacrifice and 

 heroism. 



The spots are even more 'beautiful and impres- 

 sive than in the days of Washington. It should 

 be the ambition of every patriotic American citi- 

 zen who can, to some day stand here and do rever- 

 ence. The heart will beat a little faster; the love 

 of country will be all the greater for the expe- 

 rience, and one will have a larger conception of 

 the Home Beautiful where the hand of Nature 

 first has painted, -before the advent of Man upon 

 the scene. 



