Meowtro's End
Metro Stop: Glenmont
- Red Line
Dog funeral at Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery, October 7, 1921. (Source: Shorpy and Library of Congress)
On this last stop of the new Red Line we honor Aspin Hill Memorial Park, the second oldest pet cemetery in the nation. It originally served as the burial site for dogs that served during World War I, but today it contains over 55,000 pets from around the country. The cemetery has interred animals ranging from General Grant (“Petey”) from The Little Rascals, to seven of J. Edgar Hoover’s dogs. The cemetery also had the honor of cremating President LBJ’s beagles, Him and Her.