That's a shame what you've written, but I hate to tell you it's happened all over the country. All our beautiful countryside is beening eaten up by developers. I went to DC as a child to visit after President Kennedy was killed. My mother wanted to see his grave. It's all different now, I believe they've even moved his grave from the orignial site if I'm not mistaken. But the few trips I've made with my family in the pass couple of years we just loved DC. Much Much nicer than New York City. for the most part I felt safe there not like NYC or even Boston. Anne -----Original Message----- From: William Boswell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:46:49 -0400 Subject: RE: [WashingtonDC'' ] Fw: D.C. (only read if you have time for a "funny") It doesn't get done, that's why the city and federal government is so screwed up. I lived in DC for forty years and was driven out by the high cost of living there and the low salaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 3:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Fw: D.C. (only read if you have time for a "funny") Hi all - This is the best and most truthfull piece that I've read in a long time. I was born and raised in the DC, Maryland area. Andrew field was - then - all farm land. So many changes - when I go back to the DC area now, I only drive in broad daylight, with the car doors locked. Such a pity - the nation's capital - people come from all over the world to visit. And the people working there - from the clerks to the high and mighty politicians - all have this mentality - "it's not my job.!' and 'what's in it for me.?' It's a wonder that anything ever gets done. mro [email protected] ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Those of us that are native to DC and its environs found this piece right on the mark - and because of that - it is hilarious! Driving on Route 95 from Richmond and Washington can be hazardous to your health in more ways than one! No one drives the speed limit - you can get killed if you try to. Somebody is liable to shoot you if you are doing a mere 65- 70 mph. Yes it is a shame - but the area is way overcrowded and getting more so everyday __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html

I wanted to stay something, but I'd p.off the list so I'll shut up. This has nothing to do with the scenario of the previous messages. Memory Time: I remember the school eye doctor who lived in the creepy house up on the hill in Oxon Hill, Maryland. It was a house that everyone said was haunted and it was. Her husband was strange as we thought as children. He was digging a grave, we thought. He hated children and probably for good reason. They were always spying on him while he was digging in the middle of the night. Later on in life, I spent months in that creepy old house after Dr. Eye Doctor died staying with Dr. Eye Doctor's sister, Ann. The house, I found, was really haunted. Ann was a gentle soul who used to work for the White House or something like that. When I told her my impressions of the house, she said, "it's only my sister. She'll always be here." Hmmm. Ann died a few years later and the house went to the Moonies. The last time I was in that neighborhood, the trees were covering the "house on the cliff" so much that I couldn't tell if it was still there. I was a better person (I think) for having been there and known them. If I wasn't, then I was just there during a time when things had meaning and people weren't such a'holes like they are now. The morale of the story is that beyond all the hype of political, fake, and greedy D.C., there's still a bit of history we want to remember forever. As long as our favorite characters, cemeteries, landmarks, and places we visited remain, who gives a rat's behind about the rest. And I still want to visit Mrs. Turner and her ghost at Notley Hall in P.G. County because even if her husband wasn't digging a grave, it sure made real a child's adventure. And boy what a story that would make. Now time for reality. Bill Boswell former native of MD>DC (40 years) -----Original Message----- From: Emaress Nova [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Fw: D.C. (only read if you have time for a "funny") Those of us that are native to DC and its environs found this piece right on the mark - and because of that - it is hilarious! Driving on Route 95 from Richmond and Washington can be hazardous to your health in more ways than one! No one drives the speed limit - you can get killed if you try to. Somebody is liable to shoot you if you are doing a mere 65- 70 mph. Yes it is a shame - but the area is way overcrowded and getting more so everyday __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Hi, I Couldn't help but notice the subject here of JFK's grave. I wrote a piece 2 years ago on this, and YES, it was moved in the 1960's under the supervision of both his living {at the time} brothers, Bobby & Ted. I even have the before and after shots of the sites. Why was he moved? The original site was a short walk from the paved sidewalk, through the grass, and over to a walk around the site which was surrounded by a short-white picket fence. They {at the time} didn't realize that THIS site was going to be visited by MILLIONS of visitors each year! The original site initially received SO many visitors, that a self-made muddy racetrack-like walk had been created by the number of people slowly walking around the outside of this small picket fence of the enclosed gravesite. There's a mention in the book I'm currently writing about nearby Fort Lincoln Cemetery, of why JFK was buried at Arlington and not Hyannis, Massachusetts. He visited Arlington shortly before his-own death. His brother Bobby was with him, and he remarked how beautiful the view of DC was from atop the Lee Mansion walkway near the overlook facing Washington. Ironically, it's the site directly below where he was standing, that was selected by Jackie and Bobby for his final resting place. After the assassination, Bobby was asked by Jackie on "..Where should we bury Jack?" Bobby said that when he and Jack visited here the month before, Jack complimented the view and scenery stating to Bobby: words to the effect: "This is so beautiful, I could just stay here forever." This comment stuck in Bobby's memory and made the decision easy for Jackie, and ultimately Bobby. Jackie didn't realize it then, but this would also be 'her' final resting place also! Likewise, Bobby couldn't possibly know that he too would join his brother in another nearby site in less that five years! Ultimately after Jacks death, Jackie also decided that her two {Patrick and one still born} would be re-interred next to their father from their then-present respective graves in Massachusetts. In retrospect, I too was a youngster when JFK was killed. His life and death made a lasting impression on the path of my life and career. I visit Arlington every Memorial and Veterans day. While there, I always stop by the JFK & RFK sites. When there initially, I feel 'that old familiar sadness' that has hung with other youngsters my age that remember Dallas, and {us kids in school} learning of the event by the tears in the eyes of my Teacher, when the Principle visited each class with the news. Best Regards, William M Wood Greenbelt ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Fw: D.C. (only read if you have time for a "funny") > That's a shame what you've written, but I hate to tell you it's happened > all over the country. All our beautiful countryside is beening eaten up > by developers. I went to DC as a child to visit after President Kennedy > was killed. My mother wanted to see his grave. It's all different now, I > believe they've even moved his grave from the orignial site if I'm not > mistaken. But the few trips I've made with my family in the pass couple > of years we just loved DC. Much Much nicer than New York City. for the > most part I felt safe there not like NYC or even Boston. Anne > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Boswell <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:46:49 -0400 > Subject: RE: [WashingtonDC'' ] Fw: D.C. (only read if you have time for a > "funny") > > > It doesn't get done, that's why the city and federal government is so > screwed up. > > I lived in DC for forty years and was driven out by the high cost of > living > there and the low salaries. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 3:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Fw: D.C. (only read if you have time for > a "funny") > > > Hi all - This is the best and most truthfull piece that I've read in a > long > time. > > I was born and raised in the DC, Maryland area. Andrew field was - then - > all farm land. So many changes - when I go back to the DC area now, I > only > drive in broad daylight, with the car doors locked. > > Such a pity - the nation's capital - people come from all over the world > to > visit. And the people working there - from the clerks to the high and > mighty > politicians - all have this mentality - "it's not my job.!' and 'what's in > it > for me.?' It's a wonder that anything ever gets done. > > mro > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >