Arlington, Virginia, United States
Arlington National Cemetery is a great idea, a place close to the capital for those who served their country to be buried. There are now around 400,000 in the cemetery with many burials still taking place every day. Although a cemetery it's much less depressing than a battlefield cemetery since most buried at Arlington died of natural causes well after their service.
I visited once as a teen on a family trip in 1981 or so but not since, even when I lived in Washington DC area
. The three main sites on visitor’s circuit are JFK’s grave, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the changing of the guard, and Arlington House, home of the Custis-Lee family and Robert E. Lee’s home at the time he sided with secessionist Virginia over the United States in the Civil War. Arlington Cemetery dates from the era when land was scouted out near DC to bury and honor war dead and what better place for that than land confiscated from Lee, commander of confederate forces.
I had lunch earlier in the day with my friend Bob who I knew when I lived in DC. We visited each other in Los Angeles and Colorado in the years shortly after but it was probably 9 or 10 years since we last saw each other. It turns out his grandfather and recently deceased father, both naval officers, are both buried at Arlington.
Arlington National Cemetery - Where Heroes Rest
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Arlington, Virginia, United States
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