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HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY. WHEN THE CEMETERY WAS FOUNDED IN 1807, WASHINGTON WAS A REALLY NEW TOWN. OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA EXISTED AND GEORGETOWN...
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| 00:13:54 |
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A RESERVATION? >>
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| 00:13:55 |
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NO. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LET US KNOW, ESPECIALLY FLI THERE'S A BIG GROUP. WE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, WILL BEING THEM AND SHOW THEM AROUND. BUT EVERY SO OFTEN...
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| 00:16:41 |
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THE NEWEST INSTALLATION TO THE CEMETERY? >> OF THAT
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| 00:16:44 |
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SIZE, CERTAINLY. BUT THERE ARE NEW GRAVE STONES BEING INSTALLED ALL THE TIME. >> HOW BIG TOTE
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| 00:16:51 |
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AT IS THE CEMETERY? >> THE CEMETERY IS 35
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| 00:16:54 |
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ACRES. THERE ARE 55,000 GRAVES HERE. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE MARKED. >> HOW MUCH ROOM DO YOU HAVE
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| 00:17:02 |
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FOR MORE? >> WE HAVE AT LEAST
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| 00:17:05 |
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1,000 EMPTY KBRAFZ. GRAVES. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE GRAVE SITES THAT WERE PURCHASED OVER 100 YEARS AGO AND NEVER USED SO PEOPLE WHO DO WANT...
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| 00:17:48 |
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SO DOES THE GOVERNMENT PAY FOR THIS? >> THEY PAY TO
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| 00:17:52 |
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INSTALL THIS FENCE AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THEY PAID TO MAINTAIN HIS GRAVE. THEY NO LONGER DO. HOWEVER, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOME SORT OF AN AD HOC...
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| 00:27:17 |
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OF CONGRESSIONAL TEMPERATURE SAYERY WITH REBECCA ROBERTS CONTINUES AS SHE SHOWS US THE GRAVES OF SOME OF THE UNSUNG HEROES BURIED IN THE CEMETERY. >>
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| 00:27:31 |
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THE AMAZEING THING ABOUT WASHINGTON IS IT'S REALLY NEW. THEY ONLY DECIDED TO BUILD THE CITY AT THE END OF THE 1790s. THEY REALLY ONLY GOT SOMETHING TOGETHER...
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| 00:29:57 |
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HEADING OVER HERE TO ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE RESIDENTS. I'M TIRESOME ON THE SUBJECT. I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO REMEMBER HER. SHE WAS A NEW YORKER....
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| 00:44:53 |
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AT ALL? >> AT THE TIME, I THINK IT
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| 00:44:55 |
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WAS TERRIBLY CONTROVERSIAL. REASON THAT HIS NAME WAS LEFT OFF THE STONE IS THAT THEY WERE WORRIED THAT THE GRAVE WOULD BE VANDALIZED. AND THAT PEOPLE...
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| 00:46:57 |
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AND ACTUALLY THAT SITE, MARYLAND AVENUE AND INDEPENDENCE AVENUE IS WHERE THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN IS NOW. A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN...
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| 00:47:37 |
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STORY ABOUT WHY SHE CHOSE THE TRIR? >> WE ACTUALLY
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| 00:47:40 |
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DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT HER AS A PERSON. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF HER. WE KNOW ABOUT THE BUSINESS. AND WE KNOW HER NAME ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER...
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| 00:53:50 |
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MENTIONED GRAVE
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| 00:53:51 |
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ROBBERS. >> YEAH. >> DO YOU HAVE
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| 00:53:53 |
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PROBLEMS HERE WITH THAT NOW? >> WE
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| 00:53:55 |
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HAVE IN THE PAST. ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A DOG WALKING CREW HERE IS IT'S SORT OF AD HOC SECURITY. WHY MAKE TROUBLE IN A CEMETERY WITH DOBERMANS?...
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| 00:55:55 |
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.