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1. ROCKCK_201018_151.JPG: Ottamar hamele Son of John and Elizabeth Schindler Hamele. Born April 19, 1878, East Otto, N.Y., died Washington, D.C. Feb. 12, 1964. Self educated, admitted New York bar 1903, worked in father's harness shop, was a farmer, printer, newspaper publisher, author, historian, traveler, lawyer, asst. prosecuting attorney Pawhuska, Okla. Attorney in various branches federal service, member chief counsel's committee of Internal Revenue at time of retirement 1948, member Unitarian Church, Masonic order, was liberal thinker, beloved neighbor, generous benefactor Martha Zimmerman Hamele Daughter of Chauncy W. Zimmerman and J. Adelle Eddy Born December 23, 1875 in town of Boston, N.Y. Died In City of Washington, D.C. September 6, 1936. Married Ottaman Hamele at Buffalo, N.Y. June 27, 1904, Resided in New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington, D.C. Was active in religious work, first as a baptist, then as a unitarian. Fond of music and other cultural pursuits. Possessed the democratic spirit and looked upon the world with .tolerant humor. Accepted just burdens cheerfully and met adversity without complaint. Was always dependable.
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3. ROCKCK_201018_176.JPG: According to https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.39637/ , Wash. D.C. Chiseling on justice. Gino A. Ratti, carver, puts the finishing touches on "Contemplation of Justice," installed at the entrance of the new U.S. Supreme Court building. J.E. Frasier is the sculptor. 11/22/1935
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Wikipedia Description: Rock Creek Cemetery
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Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre (350,000 m2) cemetery with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. It is across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. It also is home to the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. On August 12, 1977, Rock Creek Cemetery and the adjacent church grounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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 of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish. Later, the Vestry decided to expand the burial ground as a public cemetery to serve the city of Washington, D.C., which had acquired the cemetery, within its district boundaries as established in 1791, formerly, being a part of the state of Maryland, and formally established through an Act of Congress in 1840.
Rock Creek Cemetery statuary

An expanded cemetery was landscaped in the rural garden style, to function as both a cemetery and a public park. It is a ministry 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 mausoleums, sculptures, and tombstones. The best known is the Adams Memorial, a contemplative, androgynous bronze sculpture seated before a block of granite that was created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Stanford White. It marks the graves of Marian Hooper 'Clover' Adams and her husband, Henry Adams, 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.

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2020 photos: Well, that was a year, wasn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic cut off most events here in DC after March 11 and then the BLM protests started followed by the child president trying to steal the election in November. Trump's handling of the pandemic has been a series of disastrous missteps and lies, encouraging his minions to not wear masks and increasing the deaths here. As the chant goes -- Hey, hey, POTUS-A; how many folks did you kill today? Number of photos taken this year: about 246,000, the fewest number of photos I had taken in any year since 2007.
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