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James Anton (1914-2006) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
22, 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Died March
23, 2006 (age 92 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Brademas (1927-2016) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 2,
1927.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Patrick
McNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep Thomas
L. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidate Adlai
E. Stevenson; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,
1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1964,
1968,
1972;
president,
New York University, 1981-92.
Methodist.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order
of Ahepa; Eagles; Moose; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
2016 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Clarence J. Brown (1893-1965) —
of Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 14,
1893.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1919-23; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1927-33; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1939-65; died in office
1965; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1944-64; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Eagles; Junior
Order; Rotary;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
23, 1965 (age 72 years, 40
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Blanchester, Ohio.
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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower;
director of oil and lumber
companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks;
Eagles; Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose;
Eagles; Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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Robert Carlyle Byrd (1917-2010) —
also known as Robert C. Byrd; Cornelius Calvin Sale
Jr.; "King of Pork" —
of Sophia, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1917.
Democrat. Grocer; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1953-59; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1959-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Moose;
Eagles; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Ku Klux Klan.
Died in Fairfax,
Va., June 28,
2010 (age 92 years, 220
days).
Interment at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jeffery Cohelan (1914-1999) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 24,
1914.
Democrat. Secretary-treasurer,
Local 302, Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees union, 1942-58; U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1959-71; defeated in
primary, 1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1960,
1964.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Moose;
Eagles; Teamsters
Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease and cancer,
in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1999 (age 84 years, 236
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Patrick Connery Jr. (1888-1937) —
also known as William P. Connery, Jr. —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1888.
Democrat. Professional actor,
1908-16; candy
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in
office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Moose;
Eagles; Elks; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1937 (age 48 years, 295
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Homer Stillé Cummings (1870-1956) —
also known as Homer S. Cummings —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
30, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1900,
1904,
1920
(alternate), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1900-25; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1919-20; mayor
of Stamford, Conn., 1900-02, 1904-06; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1902; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1913-19; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1916; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1933-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Connecticut.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Eagles.
Died September
10, 1956 (age 86 years, 133
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Uriah C. Cummings and Audie Schuyler (Stillé) Cummings;
married to Cecilia Waterbury. |
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article — NNDB
dossier |
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Congress |
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Charles Forrest Curry (1858-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Curry; C. F.
Curry —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Naperville, DuPage
County, Ill., March
14, 1858.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1887-89; secretary
of state of California, 1899-1911; candidate for Governor of
California, 1910; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1930 (age 72 years, 210
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; re-entombed
in mausoleum at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) —
also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of
Ooze" —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., January
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Eagles; Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, of lung
cancer, at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glendale
Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill.
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James Henderson Duff (1883-1969) —
also known as James H. Duff; "Big
Red" —
of Carnegie, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Mansfield (now part of Carnegie), Allegheny
County, Pa., January
21, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940,
1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956;
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1943-47; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1947-51; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1951-57; defeated, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Moose;
Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1969 (age 86 years, 333
days).
Interment at Chartiers
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Michael Aloysius Feighan (1905-1992) —
also known as Michael A. Feighan —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
16, 1905.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1943-71; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1952,
1964.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1992 (age 87 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Grove Fulton (1903-1971) —
also known as James G. Fulton —
of Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 1,
1903.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 45th District, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1945-71 (31st District 1945-53,
27th District 1953-71); died in office 1971; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Lions; Elks;
Eagles; Moose; United
World Federalists.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
6, 1971 (age 68 years, 219
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
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Harold Christian Hagen (1901-1957) —
also known as Harold C. Hagen —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
10, 1901.
Newspaper
publisher; executive secretary to U.S. Rep. Richard
T. Buckler, 1935-42; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1943-55; defeated
(Republican), 1954, 1956.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1957 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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Dow Watters Harter (1885-1971) —
also known as Dow W. Harter —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, January
2, 1885.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1933-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Eagles; Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1971 (age 86 years, 245
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
24, 1898.
Democrat. Railroad
work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president
and business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Congregationalist.
Member, Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks;
Eagles; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wesley Lloyd (1883-1936) —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Arvonia, Osage
County, Kan., July 24,
1883.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles; Elks.
Died of a heart
attack in Washington,
D.C., January
10, 1936 (age 52 years, 170
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Samuel H. Malkan (b. 1893) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
4, 1893.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 9th District, 1935-46.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Eagles; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Malkan and Sarah Malkan. |
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George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) —
also known as George W. Malone —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fredonia, Wilson
County, Kan., August
7, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1961 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Homer Mollohan (1909-1999) —
also known as Bob Mollohan —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grantsville, Calhoun
County, W.Va., September
18, 1909.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1953-57, 1969-83;
defeated, 1958; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1960,
1972.
Member, Elks;
Eagles; Moose.
Died, of cancer,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., August
3, 1999 (age 89 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose;
Eagles; Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Charles Edward Potter (1916-1979) —
also known as Charles E. Potter —
of Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
30, 1916.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947-52; resigned
1952; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1952-59; defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Elks;
Eagles; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets.
Wounded in World War II, and lost his
legs.
Died in Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1979 (age 63 years, 24
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Elks;
Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Joseph Edward Talbot (1901-1966) —
also known as Joseph E. Talbot —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., March
18, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Naugatuck, 1932, 1934; county
judge in Connecticut, 1935-37; Connecticut
state treasurer, 1939-41; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1942-47; candidate
for Governor of
Connecticut, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1950.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Elks;
Eagles; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1966 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
James' Cemetery, Naugatuck, Conn.
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Francis Eugene Walter (1894-1963) —
also known as Francis E. Walter —
of Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., May 26,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
trustee, Easton Hospital;
bank
director; Northampton
County Solicitor, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1933-63 (21st District 1933-45,
20th District 1945-53, 15th District 1953-63); died in office 1963.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1963 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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