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Research the life of someone buried in the cemetery from any time period and present the results to the class or a community group.

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Research the life of someone buried in the cemetery from any time period and present the results to the class or a community group.

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Write a poem commemorating the soldiers buried in the cemetery or design a historical marker for the cemetery detailing its history.

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Write a poem commemorating the soldiers buried in the cemetery or design a historical marker for the cemetery detailing its history.

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37th Congress, Omnibus Act PL 165, Section 18 Excerpt of the 1862 Omnibus Act, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.

Orange and Alexandria RailroadDefenses of Washington
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  • Orange and Alexandria Railroad
  • Defenses of Washington

August Faul and Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, "Map and profile of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road with its Warrenton Branch and a portion of the Manasses [sic] Gap Rail Road, to show its point of connection,” Map, [New York, 1854], Library of Congress.

E. G Arnold and G. Woolworth Colton, "Topographical map of the original District of Columbia and environs showing the fortifications around the city of Washington,” Map, New York: G. Woolworth Colton, 1862, Library of Congress.
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"Report of the Inspector of National Cemeteries," in United States Congressional Serial Set, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1866, HathiTrust.

"Report of the Inspector of National Cemeteries," in United States Congressional Serial Set, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1871, HathiTrust.
Gettysburg Address PlaqueGettysburg Address Pt 1Gettysburg Address Pt 2
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  • Gettysburg Address Plaque
  • Gettysburg Address Pt 1
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"Gettysburg Address Plaque," Alexandria National Cemetery, Photograph, 2018, RRCHNM.

Abraham Lincoln, "Gettysburg Address (Nicolay Copy),” Manuscript, November 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.

Abraham Lincoln, "Gettysburg Address (Nicolay Copy),” Manuscript, November 1863, Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.

To Learn More

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War. Drew Gilpin Faust (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008)

Alexandria National Cemetery, National Cemetery Administration

Union Hospitals of Alexandria: A Short Story, City of Alexandria, Virginia

National Register of Historic Places Form Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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