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B8 eZ re THE WASHINGTON POST.THURSDAy, MARCH 5 , 2020

AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST

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T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm FrontStationary Front

NATIONAL Today Tomorrow

High

Low

Normal

Record high

Record low

Reagan Dulles BWI

Reagan Dulles BWI

Today’s tides (High tides in Bold )

WORLD Today Tomorrow

Sources: AccuWeather.com ; US Army Centralized

Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air

quality data); National Weather Service

* AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®

combines over a dozen factors for an accurate

measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Key: s -sunny, pc -partly cloudy, c -cloudy, r -rain,

sh - showers, t -thunderstorms, sf -snow flurries,

sn -snow, i -ice

Moon Phases Solar system

NATION

OFFICIAL RECORD

Rise Set

REGION

Past 24 hours

Total this month

Normal

Total this year

Normal

Richmond

Norfolk

Ocean City

Annapolis

Dover

Cape May

Baltimore

Charlottesville

Lexington

Washington

Virginia Beach

Kitty Hawk

Harrisburg Philadelphia

Hagerstown

Davis

OCEAN:

OCEAN:

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Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Ye sterday's National

Snow, past 24 hours

Snow, season total

65° 3:00 p.m.

46° 5:28 a.m.

52°/34°

82° 1983

4° 18 73

65° 3:59 p.m.

40° 4:47 a.m.

51°/29°

79° 19 74

–1° 2014

64° 4:00 p.m.

43° 5:52 a.m.

50°/30°

80° 1923

4° 2014

Washington 3:50 a.m. 10:17 a.m. 3:59 p.m. 11:35 p.m.
Annapolis 12:23 a.m. 6:59 a.m. 1:52 p.m. 8:11 p.m.
Ocean City 3:25 a.m. 9:52 a.m. 3:45 p.m. 9:51 p.m.
Norfolk 5:21 a.m. 11:53 a.m. 5: 47 p.m. 11:51 p.m.
Point Lookout 2:38 a.m. 9:31 a.m. 4:42 p.m. 9:41 p.m.

56

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40 ° 53

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37 ° 52

°

33 ° 62

°

43 ° 71

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53 ° 68

°

47 °

Sun 6:34 a.m. 6:05 p.m.

Moon 1:26 p.m. 3:44 a.m.

Venus 8:18 a.m. 9:51 p.m.

Mars 3:25 a.m. 12:49 p.m.

Jupiter 3:53 a.m. 1:29 p.m.

Saturn 4:23 a.m. 2:09 p.m.

Mar 9

Full

Mar 16

Last

Quarter

Mar 24

New

Apr 1

First

Quarter

0.04"

0.16"

0.37"

6.16"

5.89"

0.0"

0.6"

0.03"

0.07"

0.37"

6.64"

5.88"

0.0"

2.9"

0.03"

0.13"

0.44"

6.22"

6.49"

0.0"

1.8"

Blue Ridge: Today, partly sunny, breezy. High 39–43. Wind
southeast 7–14 mph. Tonight, mostly cloudy, cold. Low
26–30. Wind southeast 6–12 mph. Friday, partly sunny,
windy, cold. High 33–37. Wind northwest 15–25 mph.

Atlantic beaches: Today, partly sunny, breezy. High 48–52.
Wind northeast 7–14 mph. Tonight, mostly cloudy, some
rain to the south. Low 35–43. Wind southeast 4–8 mph.
Fr iday, mostly cloudy, periods of rain. High 47 –54. Wind
northwest 7–14 mph.

Pollen: High

Grass Low

Tr ees High

Weeds Low

Mold Low

UV: Moderate

4 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Particulates

55/ 38

52/43

48 /39

51/ 37

52/37

47 /38

55/36

56/37

53/35

50 /42

50 /44

53/35 53/37

53/36

50/30 56/ 40

44°

46°

47°

51°

Waterways: Upper Potomac River : Today, partly sunny. Wind west
5–10 knots. Waves a foot or less. Visibility good. • Lower Potomac
and Chesapeake Bay : Today, partly sunny. Wind west 5–10 knots.
Waves 1–2 feet. Visibility generally unrestricted.• River Stages : The
stage at Little Falls today will be around 3.8 feet, holding nearly
steady Friday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 46/28/pc 46/24/c

Albuquerque 65/38/pc 64/38/pc

Anchorage 17/–3/s 17/10/pc

Atlanta 52/42/r 55/33/s

Austin 72/46/s 70/39/pc

Baltimore 55/36/pc 50/35/r

Billings, MT 52/39/s 69/42/pc

Birmingham 56/42/r 58/32/s

Bismarck, ND 43/25/pc 53/29/pc

Boise 68/44/pc 69/48/c

Boston 52/37/s 47/29/c

Buffalo 44/33/pc 39/21/sn

Burlington, VT 42/26/c 38/17/sn

Charleston, SC 57/45/r 63/36/pc

Charleston, WV 59/37/pc 41/27/sn

Charlotte 51/38/r 55/33/s

Cheyenne, WY 52/30/s 62/34/pc

Chicago 52/29/pc 41/27/pc

Cincinnati 56/34/pc 40/25/sf

Cleveland 50/35/s 39/25/sf

Dallas 71/43/s 66/43/pc

Denver 55/32/s 67/37/pc

Des Moines 51/27/s 49/36/s

Detroit 47/32/pc 38/22/sf

El Paso 63/44/pc 65/45/pc

Fairbanks, AK –6/–26/pc 3/–5/s

Fargo, ND 33/12/pc 35/29/s

Hartford, CT 51/29/pc 46/30/c

Honolulu 82/68/sh 81/69/sh

Houston 71/51/s 72/45/pc

Indianapolis 57/32/s 39/22/c

Jackson, MS 64/43/c 62/37/s

Jacksonville, FL 81/53/t 69/38/pc

Kansas City, MO 60/30/s 57/39/s

Las Vegas 76/55/pc 78/55/pc

Little Rock 70/41/s 62/35/s

Los Angeles 78/54/pc 73/53/pc

Louisville 61/38/pc 46/27/c

Memphis 66/41/r 56/35/s

Miami 91/73/s 86/59/pc

Milwaukee 48/29/sh 39/27/pc

Minneapolis 40/26/c 42/32/s

Nashville 62/39/c 52/29/s

New Orleans 67/53/c 67/47/s

New York City 52/40/s 48/34/r

Norfolk 52/43/pc 54/39/r

Oklahoma City 66/33/s 64/39/s

Omaha 54/24/s 54/40/s

Orlando 90/64/t 76/46/pc

Philadelphia 53/37/s 47/34/r

Phoenix 84/62/pc 86/59/pc

Pittsburgh 51/33/s 40/26/sn

Portland, ME 49/29/s 41/22/c

Portland, OR 59/42/pc 49/36/r

Providence, RI 51/32/s 47/28/c

Raleigh, NC 54/40/r 56/34/pc

Reno, NV 70/40/pc 69/42/c

Richmond 55/38/pc 56/35/r

Sacramento 75/48/s 66/47/c

St. Louis 63/35/s 51/32/s

St. Thomas, VI 84/74/pc 83/74/pc

Salt Lake City 62/41/s 67/48/pc

San Diego 72/57/pc 67/57/pc

San Francisco 64/51/pc 61/49/c

San Juan, PR 85/73/pc 85/72/pc

Seattle 55/39/r 49/36/r

Spokane, WA 57/38/pc 49/36/sh

Syracuse 43/31/c 42/21/sn

Tampa 81/63/t 72/47/pc

Wichita 61/29/s 61/42/s

Addis Ababa 78/56/pc 79/57/pc

Amsterdam 45/39/r 45/36/sh

Athens 63/48/sh 62/51/c

Auckland 72/59/c 73/59/pc

Baghdad 79/49/pc 83/59/pc

Bangkok 92/78/pc 91/78/pc

Beijing 51/28/pc 55/36/pc

Berlin 49/39/c 48/36/sh

Bogota 74/44/pc 73/47/sh

Brussels 48/39/r 46/35/sh

Buenos Aires 81/72/s 83/71/pc

Cairo 81/57/pc 70/54/c

Caracas 75/66/s 75/65/s

Copenhagen 42/37/pc 43/38/r

Dakar 84/71/pc 83/70/pc

Dublin 45/35/pc 46/36/pc

Edinburgh 45/30/pc 46/33/pc

Frankfurt 46/40/r 47/36/sh

Geneva 51/38/r 47/34/sh

Ham., Bermuda 72/64/pc 72/61/r

Helsinki 39/31/sn 40/28/pc

Ho Chi Minh City 95/76/pc 93/74/pc

Hong Kong 70/64/c 72/68/c

Islamabad 62/52/r 62/52/r

Istanbul 59/48/c 58/50/pc

Jerusalem 72/48/c 55/48/c

Johannesburg 81/54/pc 78/51/s

Kabul 52/36/c 57/30/pc

Kingston, Jam. 86/76/s 86/73/pc

Kolkata 85/69/c 81/69/t

Lagos 91/80/t 90/80/pc

Lima 79/73/c 79/72/pc

Lisbon 61/51/sh 59/47/pc

London 47/33/r 49/35/pc

Madrid 61/42/c 54/38/pc

Manila 91/74/pc 91/76/pc

Mexico City 82/47/pc 75/44/pc

Montreal 40/27/s 32/16/sn

Moscow 46/43/c 49/42/c

Mumbai 85/76/pc 85/73/pc

Nairobi 80/57/pc 83/61/pc

New Delhi 76/60/t 69/57/t

Oslo 38/20/pc 35/23/pc

Ottawa 39/28/c 33/12/sn

Paris 53/39/r 49/37/sh

Prague 49/39/pc 48/36/sh

Rio de Janeiro 80/71/pc 80/70/pc

Riyadh 82/57/pc 88/62/pc

Rome 57/50/pc 59/43/r

San Salvador 93/70/pc 92/69/pc

Santiago 96/60/s 91/58/s

Sarajevo 51/33/pc 53/40/pc

Seoul 45/24/s 46/30/pc

Shanghai 52/39/pc 57/50/c

Singapore 87/78/t 87/78/pc

Stockholm 38/26/c 42/32/pc

Sydney 77/70/r 80/68/pc

Taipei City 63/60/r 76/63/sh

Tehran 59/43/pc 62/43/pc

Tokyo 57/42/sh 55/42/s

Toronto 40/32/c 38/19/sn

Vienna 53/40/pc 49/38/sh

Warsaw 49/34/c 45/37/sh

Today

Partly sunny

Friday

Rain

Saturday

Partly sunny

Sunday

Mostly sunny,

warmer

Monday

Mostly sunny,

warm

Tuesday

Showers

possible

Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa

through 5 p.m.yesterday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +7.9° yr. to date: +5.7°

High: Immokalee, FL 91°

Low: Crested Butte, CO –10°

World

High: Diourbel, Senegal 110°

Low: Thomsen River, Canada –57°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND: E 6–12 mph

HUMIDITY: Low

CHNCE PRECIP: 0%

FEELS*: 60°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 45°

WNW 8–16 mph

Moderate

55%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 46°

NNW 10–20 mph

Low

0%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 60°

SSW 7–14 mph

Low

5%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 69°

SSW 7–14 mph

Low

10%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS: 65°

SSW 8–16 mph

Moderate

30%

Somewhat cooler

W e will awaken to largely sunny
skies, and that will be the story
through the day. It will be a little
cooler than in recent days, with
highs reaching the mid-50s or so.
Winds will be light and variable.

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before. Thin, jagged slabs of stone
stuck u p in rows. There w ere b ath-
tub-size depressions in the g round
— what Zampino would later
learn can be a sign of settling
graves. A small, white footstone
sat unsteadily in the earth, like a
loose tooth.
She set out to learn more about
the town-owned property. re-
cords were scarce, but after
months of archival sleuthing,
Zampino developed a theory that
this section of woods is a forgotten
remnant of some of the nation’s
darkest and bloodiest days. She
thinks she has discovered a lost
graveyard of Union dead.
Her hypothesis, at this point, is
only that. Even if soldiers’ r emains
are buried at the site, the number
of bodies is uncertain. Zampino’s
detective work has been compli-
cated by confusing and sometimes
contradictory records from the
years immediately after the Civil
War, a time when many of the
corpses left behind by America’s
deadliest conflict were disin-
terred and — at least in the c ase of
federal troops — moved to special
resting p laces.
But Zampino has uncovered
compelling documentary support
for further investigation, includ-
ing National Park S ervice and m il-
itary records — some dating back
150 y ears — t hat point to a soldiers’
cemetery at the location in ques-
tion and suggest i t fell into neglect
not long after t he war ended.
“Whoever’s here, I’d like to
know,” she said, standing at the
site in Harpers ferry on a recent
afternoon. A narrow lane of
cracked pavement runs through
what Zampino believes to be the
old cemetery. The ground was cov-
ered in matted leaves and fallen
branches. “This shouldn’t look
like t his,” s he said.
The roots of the m ystery Zampi-
no has been trying to solve lie in a
largely forgotten epilogue to the
Civil War. The American military
has long prided itself on the faith-
fulness with which it recovers the
remains of those who die in con-
flict. After the war’s end in 1865,
that endeavor took place on a huge

RETROPOLIS from B1 scale, with federal officials fan-
ning out to battlefields to retrieve
the bodies of soldiers, sometimes
in advanced states of decomposi-
tion. Those remains w ere reburied
in new national cemeteries.
The job, while harrowing, was
deemed essential by the govern-
ment and welcomed by relatives of
the f allen.
“Words fail to describe the
grateful relief that this work has
brought to many a sorrowing
household,” wrote David Wills, a
lawyer who led the e ffort to create
the Gettysburg National Ceme-
tery.
John frye, a local historian and
curator of the Western maryland
room at the Washington County
free Library in Hagerstown, md.,
said it was unlikely that the feder-
al government could have over-
looked a sizable number of bodies
in Harpers ferry during its re-
trieval efforts. Zampino said she
believes anywhere from dozens to
several hundred soldiers may
have been interred at the site
based on records she has re-
viewed.
“I can’t imagine the United
States of America letting 300-
some graves of Union soldiers go
unmarked,” frye said in an inter-
view.
Zampino has gotten used to
skepticism — or plain confusion:
At the outset of her research proj-
ect last year, most people seemed
unaware that bodies had ever
been buried at the site she discov-
ered. “The more I couldn’t get
information, the more I was like,
‘man, I want to figure this out,’ ”
she r ecalled.
She eventually found a 1959
National Park Service report that
identified the plot as Pine Grove
Cemetery, established in or
around 1852. The report stated
that “the cemetery was used as a
burial ground during the Civil
War.”
At the National Archives, Zam-
pino discovered letters between
military officials from 1866 to
1869 that discuss a “Citizens Cem-
etery” — separate from the other
known c emeteries i n Harpers fer-
ry — that she believes to be Pine
Grove. An 1866 quartermaster

general’s report says the cemetery

“contains a number of soldiers

graves, said to be not less than 75”

that are “not distinguishable from

citizens graves.”

Even then, however, confusion

reigned over what the graveyard

held.

In 1867, a military officer, re-

sponding to a request that the

cemetery walls be rebuilt to pro-

tect the commingled grave plots of

soldiers and civilians, replied that

“all the bodies of U.S. soldiers in-

terred at Harpers ferry” had al-

ready been moved to Winchester

National Cemetery in Virginia.

military records of the war dead

from the time state that hundreds

of soldiers’ bodies were moved

from Harpers ferry t o Winchester

between 1866 and 1867, but they

are vague about what cemetery

they came from. Zampino said

they might have come from the

more famous and centrally locat-

ed Harper Cemetery.

At this point, Zampino said, the

only way to resolve the questions

raised by the documents is to con-

duct a physical examination of t he

site for graves and human re-

mains. To that end, she is hoping

to work with the Harpers ferry

Historic Landmarks Commission

to apply for a grant that would

fund ground-penetrating radar.

“I think it’s worth pursuing,”

said Deborah mcGee, the commis-

sion’s chairwoman.

If such research confirms the

presence of soldiers’ remains, the

National Cemetery Administra-

tion said, it “stands ready to pro-

vide government-furnished m ark-

ers and/or grave space in a nation-

al cemetery.”

Whatever the outcome, Zampi-

no said, she believes that after a

century and a half, it’s time to

solve the mystery of who rests in

Pine Grove c emetery.

“There are people here,” she

said. “A nd nobody knows who

they are.”

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RETROPOLIS

In West Virginia, a quest to find a graveyard’s inhabitants

robb HIll for tHe WAsHIngton Post

Bonnie Zampino, who has conducted extensive research into a lonely section of woods to the west of Harpers Ferry’s historical downtown,

believes this stone was once part of a fence that outlined the Pine Grove Cemetery, which served as a burial ground during the Civil War.

“I can’t imagine

the United States of

America letting 300-

some graves of Union

soldiers go unmarked.”

John Frye, local historian and curator

of the Western Maryland room at the

Washington County free library

in Hagerstown, Md.