Show mount theom during tit tho IV war daring aring tile the war the federal and con federate troops were often encamped on mount vernon but there was vaa an unwritten law that not a shot should bo be fired on tho the place not a blow bo struck not a prisoner bo be taken scarcely an erly word bo be spoken the ground I 1 whereon they stool stood was waa thought to bo holy ground ofton ott n groups of men in blue and gray were seen together under the alie trees of 0 yount mount vernon anil and even civil war lowered lowi roil its front beford tile the dead presence pre senco of 0 that great man who first welded together this thia mighty nation cor chicago news |