<p>President Polk, a Democrat, needed a commander to win his war with Mexico, but all the good generals were Whigs. Now, could the winning general steal the Presidency from the party? As a matter of fact, he did.</p>
<p><span class="deck"> Buried here, along with hundreds of congressmen and various Indian chiefs, are Mathew Brady, John Philip Sousa, and J. Edgar Hoover</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck">Most of them were American soldiers who fought with skill, discipline, and high courage against a U.S. Army that numbered Ulysses Grant in its ranks. The year was 1847.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">There have never been many of them, and they haven’t always behaved well. But, for more than a century now, they’ve been one of the most famous law-enforcement outfits in the world.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Ne’er-do-wells and deserters, these soldiers lived hard, fought hard— and died when they saw a flag go up</span> </span></p>
