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Author DeVito, Carlo.

Title Mrs. Lee's rose garden : the true story of the founding of Arlington / Carlo DeVito.

Publication Info. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2015.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  LP 975.5295 DEVITO    Check Shelf
Edition Center point large print edition.
Description 174 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print rda
Contents Prologue: American acropolis -- The rose of Arlington -- Robert E. Lee -- Montgomery C. Meigs -- Robert E. Lee saves Arlington -- Meigs and the great dome -- Fleeing Arlington -- Arlington gone -- Death comes -- Searching for Arlington -- The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier -- Her last visit -- The final resting place -- Epilogue.
Summary "The poignant, personal, and unbelievably true story of Mrs. Robert E. Lee and General Montgomery Meigs, and the founding of the Arlington National Cemetery, in the midst of America's greatest struggle--the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.)
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Arlington County.
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Arlington County.
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892.
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of -- Virginia -- Arlington County -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873. (OCoLC)fst01718342
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. (OCoLC)fst00053327
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892. (OCoLC)fst00170772
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) (OCoLC)fst00630898
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) (OCoLC)fst00652507
American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Subject Battle casualties. (OCoLC)fst00828893
Homes. (OCoLC)fst01353235
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of. (OCoLC)fst01125338
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Virginia -- Arlington County. (OCoLC)fst01219848
ISBN 9781628996142 (library binding: alkaline paper)
1628996145 (library binding: alkaline paper)
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