Rock Creek Cemetery is an

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the

Petworth Petworth is a small town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Chichester (district), Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 road, A272 east–west road from Heathfield, East Sussex ...

neighborhood of

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. It is across the street from the historic

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and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. It also is home to the

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. On August 12, 1977, Rock Creek Cemetery and the adjacent church grounds were listed on the

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as Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery.

History

The cemetery was first established in 1719, under the British colony of the Province of Maryland, as a churchyard within the

glebe Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...

of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish. Later, the

Vestry A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government for a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquiall ...

decided to expand the burial ground as a public cemetery to serve the city of

, which had acquired the cemetery, within its district boundaries as established in 1791, formerly, being a part of the state of

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, and formally established through an Act of Congress in 1840. RCcemetery

An expanded cemetery was landscaped in the rural garden style, to function as both a cemetery and a

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. It is a

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of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish, with sections for St. John's Russian Orthodox Church and St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral. The park-like setting of Rock Creek Cemetery has many notable

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s, sculptures, and

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. The best known is the

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, a contemplative,

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bronze sculpture seated before a block of granite that was created by

Augustus Saint-Gaudens Augustus Saint-Gaudens (; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. From a French-Irish family, Saint-Gaudens was raised in New York City, he trave ...

and

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. It marks the graves of Marian Hooper 'Clover' Adams and her husband,

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, and sometimes, mistakenly, the sculpture is referred to as ''Grief''. Saint-Gaudens entitled it ''The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding''. Other notable memorials include the

Frederick Keep Monument ''Frederick Keep Monument'' is a public artwork by American artist James Earle Fraser, located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States. "Frederick Keep Monument" was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoo ...

, the Heurich Mausoleum, the Hitt Monument, the Hardon Monument, the Kauffman Monument that is known as ''The Seven Ages of Memory'', the Sherwood Mausoleum Door, and the Thompson-Harding Monument.

Sculptors of works in the cemetery

Gutzon Borglum John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Geo ...

, Rabboni-Ffoulke Memorial, 1909 * James Earle Fraser,

, 1920 *

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, Hitt Memorial, 1931 *

William Ordway Partridge William Ordway Partridge (April 11, 1861 – May 22, 1930) was an American sculptor, teacher and author. Among his best-known works are the Shakespeare Monument in Chicago, the equestrian statue of General Grant in Brooklyn, the ''Pietà'' at S ...

, Kauffmann Memorial, also known as ''Seven Ages'' or ''Memory'', 1897 *

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, Simon Memorial, 1917 *

Vinnie Ream Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie (September 25, 1847 – November 20, 1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work is the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. Ream's '' Statue of Sequoyah' ...

, Edwin B. Hay Monument, 1906 *

, 1890 * Mary Washburn, Waite Memorial, 1909 *

Adolph Alexander Weinman Adolph Alexander Weinman (December 11, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was a Germany-born American sculptor and architectural sculptor. Early life and education Adolph Alexander Weinman was born December 11, 1870 at Durmersheim, near Karlsruhe, Germ ...

, Spencer Memorial, after 1919 Numerous fine works by unknown sculptors also exist in the cemetery. Mausoleum interior

Interments

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and the Mexican War

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and the Mexican War (section B)

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, grandfather of General

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(section O) * Dempster McIntosh (1896–1984), American ambassador *

Evalyn Walsh McLean Evalyn McLean ( Walsh; August 1, 1886 – April 26, 1947) was an American mining heiress and socialite, famous for reputedly being the last private owner of the Hope Diamond (which was bought in 1911 for US$180,000 from Pierre Cartier), as we ...

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Washington McLean Washington McLean (May 1816 – December 8, 1890) was an American businessman of Scottish ancestry best known as the owner of the ''Cincinnati Enquirer'' newspaper. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1848 Washington McLean and his brother S.B.W. McLe ...

(1816–1890), businessman, owner of the ''

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John Gordon Mein John Gordon Mein (September 10, 1913 – August 28, 1968) was the first United States ambassador to be assassinated while serving in office. Mein served as the United States Ambassador to Guatemala during the Guatemalan Civil War. It was during h ...

(1913-1968), American ambassador *

William Rush Merriam William Rush Merriam (July 26, 1849February 18, 1931) was an American politician and banker. A Republican, he served as the eighth Governor of Minnesota from 1889 to 1893. Life and career Merriam was born in Wadham's Mills, New York, the son of ...

, (1849-1931), governor of Minnesota, father of the

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Mihran Mesrobian Mihran Mesrobian ( hy, Միհրան Մեսրոպեան; 10 May 1889 – 21 September 1975) was an Armenian-American architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries. Having received an education in the Mimar Sinan Fine Art ...

(1889-1975),

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-American architect

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Carmel Offie Carmel Offie (September 22, 1909 – June 18, 1972) was a U.S. State Department and later a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official. He was dismissed from the CIA in 1950 after an arrest a few years earlier brought his homosexuality to the atte ...

(1909–1972), Central Intelligence Agency official

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Thomas Nelson Page Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was an American lawyer, politician, and writer. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy from 1913 to 1919 under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. In his ...

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First Families of Virginia First Families of Virginia (FFV) were those families in Colonial Virginia who were socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest settlers. They descended from English colonists who primarily settled at Jamestown, Williamsburg ...

descendant, attorney, ambassador to

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to the United States of America. *

William Paret William Paret (September 23, 1826 – January 18, 1911) was the 137th bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Early life and education William Paret was born in New Y ...

(1826–1911), sixth

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Bishop of

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(section D) * Terence Powderly (1849–1924), longtime leader of the Knights of Labor (section I) *

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(1930–2008), Polish-American actor (section M)

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* John B. Raymond (1844–1886), American politician * Isidor Rayner (1850–1912), American Democratic politician, member of the Senate *

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(1813–1881), American banker, founder of

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(1865–1937), American politician *

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(1950–2008), American journalist, host of ''Meet the Press'' (section C)

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Alexander Robey Shepherd Alexander Robey Shepherd (January 30, 1835 – September 12, 1902), was one of the most controversial and influential civic leaders in the history of Washington, D.C., and one of the most powerful big-city political bosses of the Gilded Age. He ...

(1835–1902), American politician, governor of District of Columbia from 1873 to 1874 * Thetus W. Sims (1852–1939), American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the eighth congressional district of Tennessee from 1897 to 1921 *

Upton Sinclair Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in seve ...

(1878–1968), American author, Pulitzer Prize winner (section 17) *

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of the

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from 1864 to 1897 (section E) *

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(1872–1946), Chief Justice of the United States (section A) *Paulina Longworth Sturm (1925–1957), daughter of Alice Roosevelt and granddaughter of

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Abner Taylor Abner Taylor (January 19, 1829 – April 13, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Bangor, Maine, Taylor moved with his parents to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1832, thence to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and subsequently to Chicago, Illi ...

(1829–1903), American politician * George Taylor (1820–1894), American attorney and Democratic politician * Florence Calvert Thorne (1877–1973), American labor activist * Thomas Weston Tipton (1817–1899), U.S. Senator from Nebraska *

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(1869–1962), Russian-American writer and journalist

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(1925–2012), author and playwright, next to his companion of 50 years

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. (section E)

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(section L) *

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recipient *

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Otis Wingo Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Effie ...

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, 1913-1930 * John Vines Wright (1828–1908), U.S. representative from Tennessee, member of the Confederate Congress, judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court

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* Helen Yakobson, (1913-2002) academic and professor at George Washington University

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