ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, Gen. John J. Pershing, and Admiral Robert E. Peary are interred here. Burial in Arlington is limited to active, retired, and former members of the armed forces, Medal of Honor recipients, high-ranking federal government officials, and their dependents. There are commemorative monuments, including the Tomb of the Unknowns (see Unknown Soldier, Tomb of the). The cemetery is part of "Arlington," the former estate of the Custis and Lee families, and includes Arlington House, now part of Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.

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books on: Arlington National Cemetery  - 2147 results

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Battling for Manassas: The Fifty-Year Preservation Struggle at Manassas National Battlefield Park
Book by Joan M. Zenzen; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998
Subjects: Historic Preservation--Virginia--Prince William County, Manassas National Battlefield Park (Va.), United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Conservation And Restoration, Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Conservation And Restoration
...veterans concerned with the need to expand Arlington National Cemetery lobbied William L. Scott, then the U.S. congressman...Representative Scotts proposal created an annex for Arlington National Cemetery on lands included in and adjacent to the Manassas...
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National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History
Book by Polly Welts Kaufman; University of New Mexico Press, 1998
Subjects: National Parks And Reserves--United States--History, United States--National Park Service--History, United States--National Park Service--Officals And Employees--Biography, Women In Conservation Of Natural Resources--United States--Biography
...thousand unidentified Union soldiers buried in the national cemetery adjoining the battlefield. The statue was praised...heaning of te wounds of war by establishing memorials in national parks. 69 In the early twentieth century, women...
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Culture at Twilight: The National German-American Alliance, 1901-1918
Book by Charles Thomas Johnson; Peter Lang, 1999
Subjects: German Americans--Politics And Government, National German-American Alliance, United States--Politics And Government--1901-1909, United States--Politics And Government--1909-1913, United States--Politics And Government--1913-1921, World War, 1914-1918--German Americans, World War, 1914-1918--United States
...Johnson Culture at Twilight The National German-American Alliance, 1901 1918...Charles Thomas). Culture at twilight: the National German-American Alliance, 1901 1918...Americans Politics and government. 2. National German-American Alliance. 3. United...
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Valley Forge: Making and Remaking a National Symbol
Book by Lorett Treese; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995
Subjects: Historic Sites--Conservation And Restoration--Pennsylvania--Valley Forge--History, Parks--Pennsylvania--Valley Forge--History, Valley Forge (Pa.)--History, Valley Forge National Historical Park (Pa.), Washington, George--1732-1799--Headquarters--Pennsylvania--Valley Forge
...Valley Forge Making and Remaking a National Symbol A Keystone Book is so designated...Valley Forge Making and Remaking a National Symbol A Keystone Book The Pennsylvania...Valley Forge: making and remaking a national symbol / Lorett Treese. p. cm. "A...
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Ambiguous Memory: The Nazi Past and German National Identity
Book by Siobhan Kattago; Praeger, 2001
Subjects: Historiography--Germany, Historiography--Germany (East), Historiography--Germany (West), National Socialism--Psychological Aspects, Nationalism--Germany--History--20th Century
...Places such as a military cemetery and a museum, and historical...West German internalization of National Socialism as a burdened past...memory in which a military cemetery, museums, and history books...internalization of the burdened past of National Socialism. They also revealed...
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journal articles on: Arlington National Cemetery  - 81 results

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Arlington's Cairn: Constructing the Commemorative Foundation for United States' Terrorist Victims
Journal article by Dee Britton; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 35, 2007
Subjects: Community, Conventions, Korean War, Society, Terrorism
...crosses the Potomac River to Arlington National Cemetery. The graves of individuals...memorial cairn in the Arlington National Cemetery. Historically, national...national memorial space: Arlington National Cemetery. Although the cemetery...
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Vertical versus Horizontal Media: Using Agenda-setting and Audience Agenda-melding to Create Public Information Strategies in the Emerging Papyrus Society
Journal article by Donald L. Shaw; Military Review, Vol. 86, 2006
Subjects: Communication, Community, Newspapers, Radio stations, Society, Television networks, Web sites
...small towns of America, and in Arlington National Cemetery. These extraordinary yet ordinary...the communal burden in past national crises, when citizenship presumed...leaders to shape and control national agendas is diminishing; in fact...
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Criminal Responsibility from a Clinical Perspective
Journal article by Daniel P. Greenfield; Journal of Psychiatry & Law, Vol. 37, 2009
...would say, inapplicable) case of US v. Sickles (Arlington National Cemetery, 2007). This atypical case involved Daniel Sickles...by publicly forgiving his unfaithful spouse (Arlington National Cemetery, 2007). The effect of the verdict in this highly...
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Woodrow Wilson and the Legacy of the Civil War
Journal article by Anthony Gaughan; Civil War History, Vol. 43, 1997
Subjects: United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, Wilson, Woodrow--Attitudes
...to Southern war dead at Arlington National Cemetery, he once again insisted...of the Confederacy at Arlington National Cemetery, June 4, 1914, ibid. 30...Reflections on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, May 31, 1915, ibid. 33...
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The Confederate Spin on Winfield Scott and George Thomas
Journal article by Francis Macdonnell; Civil War History, Vol. 44, 1998
Subjects: Southern States--Propaganda, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...Lee Museum on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery that in 1861 "no other choice...nation, and the editor of the National Intelligencer. (The letter eventually...Federal coercion to restore national unity if the withdrawal of an...
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Arlington National Cemetary: Burial Waivers Are Buying Trouble
Magazine article by Keith Russell; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, February 23, 1998
Subjects: Arlington National Cemetery--Political aspects, Lawrence, Larry--Investigations
...waivers for burial at Arlington National Cemetery continues, the State...most prestigious national war cemetery based on lies about...alleged stain on Arlingtons revered grounds...deciding waivers at the cemetery as "vulnerable to...
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Rules Changed for Burial at Arlington National Cemetery
Magazine article by J. Michael Waller, Paul M. Rodriguez; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, April 26, 1999
...Rules Changed for Burial at Arlington National Cemetery. by J. Michael Waller...that the hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery remains just that -- hallowed...be buried at the 612-acre cemetery overlooking the Potomac River...
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No Peace in Life at Arlington Cemetery
Magazine article by Sean Paige; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, January 5, 1998
Subjects: Arlington National Cemetery--Management
...As the final resting place of patriots, Arlington National Cemetery emits a carefully cultivated aura of respect...predictable employee-management disputes. But Arlington National Cemetery is no ordinary place, judging from the furor...
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Arlington Rules Revival: Qualification for Burial at the Cemetery Is Being Questioned and Congress Is Set to Restrict Access to War Heroes Who Have Earned Their Place in History
Magazine article by Paul M. Rodriguez, Jennifer G. Hickey; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, February 9, 1998
Subjects: Arlington National Cemetery--Laws, regulations, etc., National cemeteries--Laws, regulations, etc.
...burial waivers at Arlington National Cemetery. From the beginning...was it that a National Guardsman who...be buried at Arlington even though West...who now rest in Arlingtons hallowed grounds...nothwithstanding the national controversy that...
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The Burials at Arlington
Magazine article by Paul M. Rodriguez; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, December 15, 1997
Subjects: Arlington National Cemetery--Investigations, Misconduct in office--Investigations
...they could be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. According to West, all...tornados. Now comes the Arlington National Cemetery story -- one that touches...standards for burial in Arlington National Cemetery? How does one weigh considerations...
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Tight Space Limits Burial Rights at Arlington National Cemetery
Newspaper article by John Fales; The Washington Times, January 25, 1999
...limits burial rights at Arlington National Cemetery by John Fales...visited the office of the Arlington National Cemetery to arrange burial there...Arlington Dear J.O.N.: Arlington National Cemetery Superintendent John Metzler...
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Musical Salute Honors Beloved Teacher Band Performs Graveside Tribute at Arlington National Cemetery
Newspaper article by Amy Williams; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 27, 2004
...Performs Graveside Tribute at Arlington National Cemetery. by Amy Williams...trip was a performance at Arlington National Cemetery, where Crawford is buried...privilege to perform at the national military cemetery. At Crawfords graveside...
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Fallen Marine Saluted at National Cemetery
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 2, 2008
...military honors in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Pietrek was killed June 14 with three...and the procession made its way to the nearby cemetery. An awaiting Patriot Guard of veterans saluted...
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Call for National Cemetery to Honour Fallen Heroes
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 10, 2009
Subjects: Soldiers--Appreciation
...fallen troops along the lines of Arlington cemetery in the U.S. Campaigners believe...could be placed next to the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield...John Nunneley, 86, proposed the national cemetery after concerns that military...
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Fallen Soldier Will Rest in Arlington National
Newspaper article by Ames Boykin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 3, 2007
...military officials offered the family a burial at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C., they decided it was...and friends in suburban Chicago. The revered national cemetery in Arlington, Va., will be the final resting place of the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Arlington National Cemetery  - 13 results

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Arlington National Cemetery
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 420 acres (170 hectares...Unknown Soldier, Tomb of the ). The cemetery is part of "Arlington," the former estate of the Custis and Lee families, and includes Arlington House, now part of Arlington...
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Cemetery
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Europe are the Pere-Lachaise in Paris and the Campo Santo in Pisa. A noteworthy U.S. cemetery is the Arlington National Cemetery . The National Park Service also maintains cemeteries (see National Parks and Monuments , table). See...
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Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...11 hectares), NE Va., in Arlington National Cemetery ; est. 1955. Formerly called...General Robert E. Lee . Arlington house was the home of Lee...hectares) were set aside for a national cemetery in 1864. See National Parks...
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Arlington , County, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Washington. Within its boundaries are Arlington National Cemetery ; Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial...campus of George Mason Univ.; and Ronald Reagan National Airport. Arlington has many federal facilities and major office...
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Arlington Memorial Bridge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...granite and concrete bridge across the Potomac River connecting the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C., with Arlington National Cemetery, N Va.; built 1926 32. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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