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TO THE HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY. WHEN THE CEMETERY WAS FOUNDED IN 1807, WASHINGTON WAS A REALLY NEW TOWN. OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA EXISTED AND ...
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TO MAKE A RESERVATION OR MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME DO THAT? >> NO, THEY TAKE US
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BY SURPRISE. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LET US KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A BIG GROUP OF THEM, WE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, WELCOME THEM AND SHOW THEM AROUND....
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| 00:16:36 |
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NEWEST INSTALLATION OF THE CEMETERY? >> OF THAT SIZE,
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| 00:16:41 |
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CERTAINLY, BUT THERE ARE GRAVESTONES BEING ADDED ALL THE TIME. THE CEMETERY IS 35 ACRES. THERE ARE 55,000 GRAVES HERE. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE MARKED....
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ROOM DO YOU HAVE FOR MORE? >> WE HAVE AT LEAST 1,000
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| 00:16:54 |
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EMPTY GRAVES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT GRAVE SITES THAT WERE PURCHASED OVER 100 YEARS AGO AND NEVER USED, SO THE PEOPLE WHO...
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| 00:17:40 |
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GOVERNMENT PAY FOR THIS? >> THEY PAID TO
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INSTALL THIS FENCE, AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THEY PAID TO MAINTAIN HIS GRAVE, BUT THEY NO LONGER DO. HOWEVER, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SORT OF AN AD HOC...
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| 00:27:11 |
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.