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An aerial view of Arlington National Cemetery's east entrance and the cemetery's Women's Military Memorial in August 2013. 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 ...
- List of Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892), brigadier general;...
- List of Memorials and Monuments at Arlington National Cemetery
Entry sign at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington...
- Tomb of The Unknown Soldier
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington National Cemetery) /...
- List of Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington officially became a national cemetery on June 15, 1864, by order of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. The original cemetery was 200 acres, and has since grown to 639 acres (as of early 2020). Arlington became a segregated cemetery, just like all national cemeteries at the time, and remained segregated by race and rank until 1948, when ...
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Sep 28, 2017 · Arlington National Cemetery is a U.S. military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The site, once the home of Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee, is now the burial ground for more than 400,000 ...
Section 21, also known as the Nurses Section, is the area of Arlington National Cemetery where many nurses are buried. The Nurses Memorial is there. [12] In the cemetery, there is a Confederate section with graves of soldiers of the Confederate States of America and a Confederate Memorial. [13]
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On November 11, 1921, the Unknown was placed on a horse-drawn caisson and carried in a procession through Washington, D.C. and across the Potomac River. A state funeral ceremony was held at Arlington National Cemetery’s new Memorial Amphitheater, and the Unknown was interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Apr 21, 2024 · Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. The first soldier buried (May 13, 1864) on the Lee plantation was a Confederate prisoner who had died in a local hospital. Sixty-four other soldiers were also buried that day, including some in the estate’s rose garden, and by the end of 1864 more than 7,000 soldiers had been interred.
