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Jonathan Hager House

Jonathan Hager House

Jonathan Hager House

It’s not exactly the Grand Tour, but we decided to drive up to Hagerstown for a few days. We arrived this afternoon and drove around, finding our way to Hagerstown City Park, which is also where the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts and the Jonathan Hager House Museum are located. This time of year, the Hager House is only open on Fridays and Saturdays, but we walked around it. The Museum of Fine Arts was still open but would have closed shortly and we plan to see that in a couple days. We did notice a sculpture of Diana by Anna Hyatt Huntington that is like one we have seen at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina. It was donated to the museum by the artist in 1941.

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Knodle Shindledecker Guy

Knodle Shindledecker Guy

Knodle Shindledecker Guy

We went to the Rose Hill Cemetery in Hagerstown today. Yesterday we toured the Antietam Battlefield and the nearby National Cemetery. Today we thought we’d see the Confederate section at Rose Hill. For the record, I’m strongly in the pro-abolitionist camp. Nevertheless…

One fun thing about cemeteries is the names you come across. In this one, I came across the name Hartle, I’ve been looking up recently because it’s the last name of an ancestor who is only related to Hartley by marriage. I also saw this stone, with quite a name on it. I often think about elementary school students learning to write their name when I see names like this.

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