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Rh monuments and statues erected to the memory of noble heroes. I was at the Baltimore and Potomac Depot and viewed the room where President Garfield was shot, looking through the window to the street from which Guiteau watched for the approach of the President. The spot used to be marked by a large silver star, but it had to be removed on account of the throngs of people continually around it.

I was at Ford's Theatre, now being used as a museum, where President Lincoln was assassinated. The house across the street has its flag still waving from the window of the room in which the president died.

The Smithsonian Institute and National Museum were also very interesting. While here I visited a number of the near-by places of interest. My first trip was across the Potomac river to