当特勤局成员蜂拥而至查理·斯图尔特位于加利福尼亚州索诺兰沙漠中部的那块土地上时，他既不困惑也不担心——他知道他们是来干什么的。
When members of the Secret Service swarmed Charley Stewart’s plot of land in the middle of California's Sonoran Desert, he wasn’t confused or worried — he knew what they had come for.
“他们有代表，特勤局，还有秘书们，所有那些人都会来，”他对福克斯新闻数字频道说道。“简直像马戏团一样。”斯图尔特拥有并经营着“宠物天堂”，这是一座位于沙漠温泉市的宠物公墓。当美国最著名的狗之一——前总统杰拉尔德·福特的金毛寻回犬“自由”即将安葬于此时，特勤局特工曾到访公墓，在安葬前实地勘察，斯图尔特说。
"They have representatives, the Secret Service, and the secretaries, and all those people come by," he told Fox News Digital. "It’s like a circus." Stewart owns and operates Haven for Pets, a pet cemetery in Desert Hot Springs. When one of the nation’s most famous dogs — former President Gerald Ford’s golden retriever, Liberty — was set to be buried there, Secret Service agents visited the cemetery to inspect the grounds ahead of the burial, Stewart said.
重塑历史学家对美国建国先贤认知的发现 “在她安葬在那里之前，特勤局必须去排查地雷并巡视现场，”公墓主人说。“毕竟，杰拉尔德·福特是美国总统。”这只雌性金毛寻回犬作为幼犬进入白宫，成为国家的“第一犬”，后来于1975年在白宫三楼产下九只幼犬。“自由”是第一只在白宫产仔的狗。
DISCOVERIES THAT RESHAPED WHAT HISTORIANS KNEW ABOUT AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS "Before she got buried out there, the Secret Service had to go out and look for mines and walk around," said the cemetery owner. "I mean, Gerald Ford was the President of the United States." The female golden retriever arrived at the White House as a puppy and became the nation’s first dog, later giving birth to nine puppies in 1975 on the third floor of the White House. Liberty was the first dog to give birth in the White House.
这只频频登上镜头的犬只享受着白宫生活。它在北草坪摆拍，在椭圆形办公室陪伴总统休憩，在大卫营的泳池游泳，甚至收到来自全美各地民众的粉丝来信。
The frequently photographed canine enjoyed the White House life. She posed on the North Lawn, lounged beside the commander in chief in the Oval Office, swam in the pool at Camp David and even received fan mail from Americans across the country.
福特夫妇留下了“自由”的一只幼犬，一只名为“米斯蒂”的雌犬，它与母亲合葬于“宠物天堂”。它们的墓地将一段意想不到的总统历史悄然藏在了斯图尔特的宠物公墓里。
The Fords kept one of Liberty’s puppies, a female named Misty, who is buried alongside her mother at Haven for Pets. Their grave sites leave an unexpected piece of presidential history tucked away in Stewart’s pet cemetery.
里根孙女、麦卡锡在已故总统115岁诞辰之际缅怀其遗产 斯图尔特的“宠物天堂”始建于1960年代。它最初是作为一家名为“狗镇美国”的全方位棕榈泉犬舍的延伸而开业，该犬舍以给名流宠物提供美容服务而闻名。
RONALD REAGAN'S GRANDDAUGHTER, KEVIN MCCARTHY HONOR LATE PRESIDENT'S LEGACY ON HIS 115TH BIRTHDAY Stewart’s Haven for Pets dates back to the 1960s. It opened as an extension of a full-service Palm Springs kennel called Dogtown USA, which was known for providing grooming services to celebrity pets.
1959年，Stewart的父亲Charles Stewart购买了Dogtown，Stewart回忆了这家宠物公墓的由来。
Dogtown was purchased by Stewart’s father, Charles Stewart, in 1959, and Stewart recalled the story of how the pet cemetery came to be.
“我父亲曾给我讲过一个故事——他去跟一些人谈话，他们的狗死了，他们把狗扔进了垃圾桶，狗头还露在外面，”Stewart说。“看到这惨状，我父亲说：‘我们得照顾好这些宝贝。’于是他决定这么做。”“办手续花了几年时间，但他做到了……这是我父亲一辈子都放不下的执念，”他补充道。
"My father told me a story one time — he went over to talk to some people and their dog had died, and they threw it in a garbage can, and the head was hanging out," Stewart said. "From that horrible sight, my father said, ‘We’ve got to take care of these babies.’And so he decided to do that." "It took a couple years to do the paperwork, but that’s what he did … This was an input my father never got over," he added.
Haven for Pets的名犬客户群不仅限于白宫，远至好莱坞。
Haven for Pets’ celebrity canine clientele extends beyond the White House, all the way to Hollywood.
世界著名钢琴家Liberace有六只狗葬于此，墓碑上刻的主人名为“Lee”，那是他的昵称。演员Michael Landon和奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖得主作曲家Jimmy Van Heusen的宠物也葬于此。
STAGECOACH FESTIVALGOERS SPLIT ON WHETHER AMERICA IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AHEAD OF ITS 250TH BIRTHDAY World-famous pianist Liberace has six of his dogs buried in the cemetery, under headstones that list their owner as "Lee," his nickname. Actor Michael Landon and Academy Award-winning composer Jimmy Van Heusen also have their pets buried there.
Stewart告诉Fox News Digital，这些VIP关系源于他家族为居住在Coachella Valley的名流照料宠物的工作。
Stewart told Fox News Digital the VIP connections grew out of his family’s work caring for pets belonging to celebrities who lived in the Coachella Valley.
“追溯到Leonard Firestone和Marx Brothers，他们住在Thunderbird Country Club，我爸会照顾他们的狗，”他分享道。“我们给它们美容、寄养……我们和他们有生意往来。”大约有1000只宠物葬于此。几十年前公墓刚起步时，安葬费是35美元。如今要近900美元。
"Going back to Leonard Firestone and the Marx Brothers down here in Thunderbird Country Club, my dad would take care of their dogs," he shared. "We’d groom them and we boarded them … We did business with them." Roughly 1,000 pets are buried in the cemetery. In its early days decades ago, the burial rate was $35. These days it costs nearly $900.
Stewart表示，曾经公墓每周要处理五次安葬，但现在降至每年三四次，因为他想限制安葬频率，延长公墓的使用寿命。
Stewart said that, at one point, the cemetery would handle five burials a week, but the figure has fallen to three or four a year because he wants to limit the frequency of burials and extend the life of the cemetery grounds.
来自Charles国王母校的学生破解了千年教堂之谜。Stewart告诉Fox News Digital，这家不做广告的公墓很难找到——他打算一直保持这种状态。
1,000-YEAR-OLD CHURCH MYSTERY CRACKED BY STUDENTS FROM KING CHARLES' ALMA MATER Stewart told Fox News Digital the unadvertised cemetery is not easy to find — and he intends to keep it that way.
“我不为墓地做广告，全靠口碑相传，”他说。“我不想加快这个进程。现在的墓地布局能维持远超200年。”斯图尔特几乎一生都与这座墓地相伴，他说自己每天要花大约两个小时，坐在墓碑间的草坪椅上，身边围绕着他坚信“永不消亡”的动物们——守护着“自由号”。
"I don’t advertise the cemetery, it’s all word of mouth," he said. "I don’t want to speed up the process. The cemetery right now is set up in a way that it’s going to last way in excess of 200 years." Stewart, who has been part of the cemetery for nearly his entire life, said he spends about two hours each day sitting in a lawn chair among the headstones, surrounded by the animals he believes "never die" — and keeping watch over Liberty.