THE CUSTIS GRAVES. A few hundred yards southwest of the mansion, Doubleday Walk passes a small plot enclosed by an iron fence. Here beneath the beautiful trees in the spot selected by Mrs. Lee are the graves of her mother and father. Colonel Lee ordered the marble monuments from New York, specifying that a wreath of lilies of the valley and heartsease should be carved on the one for Mrs. Custis’ grave. He also supervised their erection. _Visitor Service and Facilities_ The mansion is located in Arlington National Cemetery and is reached by way of Arlington Memorial Bridge. Bus service is available via Arlington Memorial Bridge to the main gate of the cemetery. Automobiles use the same approach and may be parked near the mansion. Visiting hours, October through March, are from 9:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.; April through September, 9:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. There is a small admission charge, which is waived for children and educational groups. _Administration_ Custis-Lee Mansion National Memorial is administered by the National Capital Parks of the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Other national memorials administered by the National Capital Parks are: The Lincoln Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Museum, and the House Where Lincoln Died. Communications should be addressed to the Superintendent, National Capital Parks, Interior Building, Washington 25, D. C. _Suggested Readings_ Alexander, E. P. _Military Memoirs of a Confederate._ Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, N. Y. 1907. Custis, George Washington Parke. _The Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington._ Derby and Jackson, New York, N. Y. 1860. Craven, Avery (Ed.). _To Markie: The Letters of Robert E. Lee to Martha Custis._ Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1934. Fishwick, Marshall. _General Lee’s Photographer._ University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N. C. 1954. Freeman, Douglas Southall. _R. E. Lee: A Biography._ 4 Vols. Scribner’s Sons, New York, N. Y. Jones, J. W. _Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Robert E. Lee._ D. Appleton & Co., New York, N. Y. 1875. Lee, Capt. Robert E. _Recollections and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee._ Garden City Publishing Co., New York, N. Y. 1924. Lowther, Minnie Kendall. _Mount Vernon—Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families and Mansions._ John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 1932. MacDonald, Rose Mortimer. _Mrs. Robert E. Lee._ Ginn & Co., New York, N. Y. Tobert, Allice Coyle. _Eleanor Calvert and Her Circle._ William-Frederick Press, New York, N. Y. 1950. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES