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For the four million
people who visit annually, Arlington National Cemetery represents many
different things. For some, it is a chance to walk among headstones that
chronicle American history; for many, it is an opportunity to remember and
honor the nation's war heroes; and for others, it is a place to say a last
farewell during funeral services for a family member or friend.
This cemetery was
established during the Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lee’s home.
It is situated in Virginia directly across the Potomac River from
Washington D.C. Veterans from all the nation’s wars are interred in the
cemetery. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900.
Within the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery you will also find the
moving Tomb of the Unknown; the graves of John, Jackie, Robert Kennedy,
and Audie Murphy; the Memorial to the Space Shuttle Challenger; the
Memorial to the USS Maine; the Pentagon Memorial; the Iwo Jima Memorial;
and Arlington House, the home of Robert E. Lee.
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