Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery,

420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, Gen. John J. Pershing, and Admiral Robert E. Peary are interred here. Burial in Arlington is limited to active, retired, and former members of the armed forces, Medal of Honor recipients, high-ranking federal government officials, and their dependents. There are commemorative monuments, including the Tomb of the Unknowns (see Unknown Soldier, Tomb of theUnknown Soldier, Tomb of the,
form of memorial to a nation's war dead, adopted by many countries after World War I. The Tomb of the Unknowns, a memorial to the American dead of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, is in Arlington National Cemetery,
..... Click the link for more information. ). The cemetery is part of "Arlington," the former estate of the Custis and Lee families, and includes Arlington House, now part of Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialArlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial,
28 acres (11 hectares), NE Va., in Arlington National Cemetery; est. 1955. Formerly called the Custis-Lee Mansion, it is a memorial to the Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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Arlington National Cemetery

final resting place for America’s war heroes. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 95]

See: Burial Ground

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Visiting Arlington National Cemetery should definitely be one of your top priorities--you won't regret it.

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President Barack Obama speak during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia November 11, 2009.

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Parents of a minor child or permanently dependent child whose remains, based on the eligibility of a parent, are buried in Arlington National Cemetery (a spouse divorced from the primary eligible or widowed or remarried is not eligible for interment)

Veterans Benefits

An accessible van is now permanently on call at Arlington National Cemetery.

Tourmobile access

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Each year, Arlington National Cemetery captures much of the national attention on Veterans Day, due in part to the impressive ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns.