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John Edgar Hoover

Posted on October 2, 2014October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

John Edgar Hoover, former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is buried in Congressional Cemetery near his family’s plot at site R20/117.  He died on May 2, 1972. There is a…

Cenotaphs

Posted on September 29, 2014June 15, 2018 by dcmemorialist

A cenotaph is an “empty tomb” or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a…

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