DC’s Congressional Cemetery Being Cleaned Up by Goats

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Last Tuesday, the historic 35-acre Congressional Cemetery was turned over to the goats. In some cases, goats work much better than lawn mowers – and such is the case there. Lots of important people are buried there, including J. Edgar Hoover and former vice president Eldridge Gerry.

Read about the goat mowers:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2013/08/07/go-watch-a-flock-of-goats-eat-congressional-cemetery/

http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2013/08/12/congressional-cemeterys-new-lawnmowers-have-horns/

http://dc.curbed.com/archives/2013/08/grass-buffet-the-ecogoats-visit-congressional-cemetery.php

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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