Fort Ward’s Lost Graves: Who Speaks for the Dead? Susan Cumbey

Fort Ward’s Lost Graves: Who Speaks for the Dead?

Susan Cumbey

“Lance (Mallamo) asked that I inform you about the grave site area that existed on the west side of the park.  This area was situated to the rear of picnic area 6, adjacent to the restored Northwest bastion of the fort.

It is also interesting that Wanda Dowell, former director of the Fort Ward Museum and HIstoric Site, generally recalled from her early years working at Fort Ward that some of the headstones were removed from this area, and Wally Owen (of the Museum) recalls visiting the park when he was young and seeing a headstone at the base of a tree in that area”.

Letter from Susan Cumbey, Director of the Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site, to Kirk Kincannon, Director of the City of Alexandria Recreation Department. March 13, 2009