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Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892), brigadier general; Arlington National Cemetery was established by Meigs, who commanded the garrison at Arlington House and appropriated the grounds on June 15, 1864, for use as a military cemetery
Officers of the 8th New York Infantry Regiment at Arlington House in June 1861, two months after the beginning of the American Civil War The Custis-Lee Mansion, originally known as Arlington House, [5] with Union Army soldiers on its lawn during the American Civil War on June 28, 1864 Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon in December 2012 The Old Guard transports the flag ...
There are over 300,000 headstones and hundreds of memorials at Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House itself is a memorial to George Washington.The son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Parke Custis purchased the 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of wooded land on the Potomac River north of Alexandria, Virginia in 1778.
The National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maintains 148 national cemeteries as well as the Nationwide Grave-site Locator, which can be used to find burial locations of American military Veterans through their searchable website.
Pages in category "Burials at Arlington National Cemetery" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The grave of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy is a historic grave site and memorial to assassinated United States Senator and 1968 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel Skakel Kennedy, located in section 45 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. It was dedicated on ...
The US Army has been ordered by a district court judge to release records related to former President Donald Trump’s controversial August visit to Arlington National Cemetery by this Friday at ...
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a burial vault and memorial honoring unidentified dead from the American Civil War.It is located in the grounds of Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States.