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Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the Unite States, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Custis Lee, a descendant of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., near The Pentagon, and is served by the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system.

Trivia about arlington national cemetery

  • Over 260,000 people have been buried here, starting in 1864
  • Upon his death on March 11, 1957, Richard Byrd was buried in this cemetery with full military honors
  • Hap Arnold, Omar Bradley & Admiral Halsey are among the notables buried here
  • Awardees receive the medal, $400 a month for life & the right to be buried in this Virginia cemetery
  • In 1997 a made-up war record helped get M. Larry Lawrence buried at this Virginia cemetery -- briefly
  • In 1996 Sgt. Heather Johnsen became the first woman to stand guard at this cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns
  • This cemetery on the Potomac is on land originally part of Martha Washington's estate
  • The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial stands near the north gate of this Virginia site
  • 84 Union generals are buried in this cemetery in Northern Virginia
  • Montgomery C. Meigs, who was the first to suggest it to A. Lincoln as a cemetery site, is buried there
  • This cemetery just outside Washington, D.C. was laid out on land once home to Robert E. Lee
  • Want to dig up the dirt on Dashiell Hammett? Head to this noted Virginia cemetery
  • Upon his death in 1981, Joe Louis was buried with full military honors in this cemetery
  • While paying our respects here, we'll get to see the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns
  • On Nov. 10, 1954 a bronze monument to the battle of Iwo Jima was dedicated at this location

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