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301-952-8010; TTY 301-454-1472; Fax 301-952-1773
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RE-INTERNMENT CEREMONY
After fourteen years, the remains of the nine individuals were re-interred on June 18, 2004. The ceremony was a modern day re-internment into which some 18th century funeral practices were integrated to give the audience a sense of how these individuals were originally laid to rest. Only one body (that of Lettice Lee Wardrop) was actually interred in the ceremony, the other eight individuals had already been blessed and laid to rest in the vault. To see events from the ceremony, just click on the photos below to see a larger version of the image.
 Front door draped in mourning.
 Lettice Lee Wardrop in repose in Front Hall.
 Bagpiper.
 Funeral procession.
 Reverend Letitia Lee Smith, the 3rd great-granddaughter of Lettice Lee Wardrop, officiates the re-internment ceremony.
 Ceremony participants.
 Pallbearers prepare to re-inter the body.
 The body of Lettice Lee Wardrop is lowered into the vault.
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