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Review:
History buffs may want to make time to visit Georgetown’s Oak Hill Cemetery. Located near Dumbarton Oaks along Rock Creek, the 19th century garden park cemetery sits on 15 acres surrounded by a commissioned iron enclosure. Numerous notable professionals, including a master engineer, architect of the Smithsonian, and esteemed horticulturist, participated in the design and execution of the cemetery and Gothic Chapel. Visitors will see numerous elaborate gravesites and grand mausoleums. Notable gravesites include Philip and Katherine Graham who were Washington Post publishers, Dean Acheson who was Abraham Harry Truman’s Secretary of State, and even Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton.
Oak Hill Cemetery, 3001 R Street NW, Washington, DC, Phone: 202-337-2835
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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