Powell's Remains

[Linda Anderson]

I hope they do mark Powell's grave, Betty.

The monument to Clover Adams by Saint-Gaudens is very peaceful and mysterious. It is enclosed by evergreens and there are stone benches where you can sit and contemplate the sculpture. "Clover Adams committed suicide by drinking photographic acid, evidently when she heard of her husband's affair with Elizabeth Cameron. Adams had the monument and garden built and then erased all evidence of Clover's existence." Eleanor Roosevelt, who also had a troubled marriage, would spend hours there trying to find comfort and strength.
Eleanor Roosevelt. Blanche Wiesen Cook.

A suggestion that if you go to Rock Creek Cemetery, which is located in Washington D.C., after the office closes at 5:00 PM, that you have directions to the Adams Memorial. We visited last August around 6:30 and I had to call Betty to direct us to where Clover is buried. The cemetery was closing by then and we were asked to leave so we never did get a chance to see where Powell is buried. I also found out later that Gore Vidal, author of Lincoln, was recently buried near Clover.