• A monument to Chaplain Edward J. Vatman stands
at the cemetery entrance. Vatman, an Army major
and close personal friend of President Theodore
Roosevelt, ran a home for war widows and children
of soldiers of World War I. He designed, built and
paid for the monument prior to his death in 1919
and is buried under the monument.
at the cemetery entrance. Vatman, an Army major
and close personal friend of President Theodore
Roosevelt, ran a home for war widows and children
of soldiers of World War I. He designed, built and
paid for the monument prior to his death in 1919
and is buried under the monument.
• A monument to Chaplain Edward J. Vatman stands
at the cemetery entrance. Vatman, an Army major
and close personal friend of President Theodore
Roosevelt, ran a home for war widows and children
of soldiers of World War I. He designed, built and
paid for the monument prior to his death in 1919
and is buried under the monument.
at the cemetery entrance. Vatman, an Army major
and close personal friend of President Theodore
Roosevelt, ran a home for war widows and children
of soldiers of World War I. He designed, built and
paid for the monument prior to his death in 1919
and is buried under the monument.
Inscription
Prussia
Chaplin (Major) U.S. Army
For God and Our Country
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