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![D.A.R. of Virginia pay tribute to Unknown Soldier of Revolutionary War. Appropriate ceremonies were held today at the tomb of the unknown soldier of the American Revolution in the graveyard of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria, Virginia, by the Virginia members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who are holding their thirty-third state conference in the old meeting house. In the photo, left to right, (center) Amonett Gordon of the Children of the American Revolution, who placed wreath; Miss Nathaniel Beaman, Virginia state [...]; and Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, last surviving descendant of George Washington who was born at Mr. Vernon](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjkvMDEvMDEvZGFyLW9mLXZpcmdpbmlhLXBheS10cmlidXRlLXRvLXVua25vd24tc29sZGllci1vZi1yZXZvbHV0aW9uYXJ5LXdhci1hcHByb3ByaWF0ZS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "D.A.R. of Virginia pay tribute to Unknown Soldier of Revolutionary War. Appropriate ceremonies were held today at the tomb of the unknown soldier of the American Revolution in the graveyard of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria, Virginia, by the Virginia members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who are holding their thirty-third state conference in the old meeting house. In the photo, left to right, (center) Amonett Gordon of the Children of the American Revolution, who placed wreath; Miss Nathaniel Beaman, Virginia state [...]; and Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, last surviving descendant of George Washington who was born at Mr. Vernon")
Tribute paid to George Washington on 150th Anniversary of signing of Constitution. Washington, D.C., Sept. 17. While the rest of the country were conducting appropriate ceremonies in commemoration of 150th anniversary of the Constitution a delegation led by Rep. Sol Bloom, Director of the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, journeyed to Mt. Vernon where they paid tribute to the father of our country. This picture, snapped as the wreath was placed on the tomb, shows left to right: Rt. Reverend James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, who delivered the invocation; Rep. Bloom; General S. Gardner Waller, Virginia Adjutant General who represented the Governor of the state: and Col. Joseph Button, representing the Virginia Society of the Sons of the Revolution. 91737
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A group of men standing around a casket, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch five.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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