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- There are more than 400,000 veterans there. Three million people visit Arlington National Cemetery each year to honor the more than 400,000 veterans who are there.
- It’s not just a cemetery for soldiers. War correspondents, chaplains, military nurses, and doctors—such as yellow fever pathologist, Walter Reed—are also at Arlington.
- Many famous people are buried there. Among them are boxer Joe Louis (who served in the Army), Academy Award winner Lee Marvin (a former Marine), and the architect of D.C., Pierre Charles L’Enfant (who left France to join the American Revolution).
- Nearly 30 funerals are conducted each day. Each weekday, Arlington conducts as many as 30 funerals—but receives another 35 requests for services. Because of demand, wait times for funerals are long, averaging four months with the longest waits around seven months.
- The Cemetery Hosted The First National Memorial Day Commemoration in 1868.
- Three World War II Enemy Combatants Are Buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
- Nearly 4,000 Former Slaves Are Buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
- There May Never Be Another Addition to The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier.
- Soldiers Plant Flags in Front of Every Tombstone on Memorial Day weekend.
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In 1868, General John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially proclaimed May 30 as Decoration Day “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion.” The first national commemoration took place at Arlington on May...
Scattered among America’s honored dead are two Italian prisoners of war and one German prisoner of war captured during World War II. The three enemy combatants died in captivity in the Washington, D.C., area, and the Geneva Conventionsrequired proper burials. With Arlington being the closest national cemetery, the men were buried there. In total, t...
After seizing Lee’s estate, the federal government set aside acreage to be a model community for emancipated, freed and fugitive slaves. Freedman’s Village included farmland, homes, a hospital, a school and a mess hall before shuttering in 1900. African-Americans who lived at the village were buried on the property, and their graves were incorporat...
Among the 5,000 unknowns entombed at Arlington are the unidentified remains of World War I, World War II and Korean War servicemen buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. An unknown from the Vietnam Warwas entombed in 1984, but the remains were exhumed in 1998, positively identified by DNA testing as those of Air Force First Lieutenant Michael J...
On every Memorial Day weekend since 1948, troops in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment—the Army’s official ceremonial unit known as the “Old Guard”—have placed small American flags in front of all of Arlington’s U.S. tombstones. Each flag is planted precisely one foot in front of a grave marker and perfectly centered.
Learn about the history and significance of Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place of U.S. servicemembers from every war since the American Revolution. Discover surprising facts about its origins, burials, memorials and traditions.
Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army. Nearly 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington County, Virginia .
Jun 16, 2024 · Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery, our Nation's most hallowed ground. This historic cemetery bears witness to our American heritage and the military service and sacrifice of men and women in uniform throughout our history.
Sep 28, 2017 · Arlington National Cemetery is a U.S. military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. The site, once the home of Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee, is now the...
Jun 16, 2024 · Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery, our Nation's most hallowed ground. This historic cemetery bears witness to our American heritage and the military service and sacrifice of men and women in uniform throughout our history.
Jun 16, 2024 · Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery, our Nation's most hallowed ground. This historic cemetery bears witness to our American heritage and the military service and sacrifice of men and women in uniform throughout our history.
