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in the White House, sending an electrical impulse, which was the signal to begin the ceremonies. A duplicate of the Zero Milestone, but in Grant Park, San Diego, California, marked where Lee Highway met the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Other milestones soon sprang up along Lee Highway. If milestones had been erected in Rappahannock County, Amissville would have been 58.9 miles from the Zero Milestone in Washington, D.C., Little Washington, 72.0 miles, and Sperryville, 103.9 miles.
A fourth element of the vision of Lee Highway was the Arlington Memorial Bridge. When President Coolidge signed and sent to Congress the Arlington Memorial Bridge Bill, he presented the pen to Dr. Johnson. A Senate report on the bridge noted the bridge would provide “a magnificent entrance to Washington coming from Virginia (and) for the Lee Highway coming across the entire country from California*"
The report continued, stating that, “As the traveler approaches Washington over the brow of Arlington Heights in Fort Myer there will burst on his view a panorama that has few equals in the world; once seen it will never be forgotten, and will live in the memory of the beholder forever as a perpetual inspiration to loyalty, patriotism and devotion to country.” Urban development has since crippled that vision.
A fifth visionary aspect of Lee Highway was the boulevard concept. The ultimate plan for Lee Highway was for a 200-foot right-of-way from the Arlington Memorial Bridge westward 110 miles into Virginia to New Market
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