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Arlington, VA 22201

Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery’s official Facebook page. Arlington National Cemetery is our nation’s most hallowed ground. More than 400,000 people are buried here, to include veterans from all our nation’s wars. Arlington has been the final resting place for soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and Coast Guardsmen since 1864 and remains an active cemetery today, as an average of 27-30 funerals take place here each weekday. More than 3,000 memorial or remembrance ceremonies take place here each year as well. Arlington National Cemetery is honored to receive more than 3 million visitors each year. You may visit the cemetery and park in our Visitor Center parking lot or take the Metro's Blue Line to the Arlington Cemetery station. In keeping with the dignity and respect of Arlington National Cemetery, we ask that your messages be respectful and considerate. If your comments or wall posts do not comply with the guidelines below, your message will be removed. -Graphic, obscene, explicit or racial comments or submissions are not allowed, nor do we allow comments that are abusive, hateful or intended to defame anyone or any organization. -Solicitations or advertisements are not allowed, to include the promotion or endorsement of any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency. Similarly, we do not allow attempts to defame or defraud any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency. -Comments that suggest or encourage illegal activity are not allowed. -You take personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided. - Also, the appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of Arlington National Cemetery, the U.S. Army or Department of Defense. Please credit any photos you wish to use from this page to Arlington National Cemetery. Thank you for following Arlington National Cemetery, our nation’s most hallowed grounds.

The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame is a presidential memorial at the gravesite of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery. The permanent site replaced a temporary grave and eternal flame used during President Kennedy's funeral on November 25, 1963. The site was designed by architect John Carl Warnecke, a long-time friend of President Kennedy's. The permanent John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame grave site was consecrated and opened to the public on March 15, 1967.Original gravesitePresident John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963.Initial press reports indicated that President Kennedy would be buried at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, where his son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (who had died on August 9, 1963, two days after his premature birth) was buried.But the site for the President's grave was quickly changed to the hillside just below Arlington House. The site was chosen because the President and his friend, architect John Carl Warnecke, happened to visit the site in March 1963 and the President had admired the peaceful atmosphere of the location. The initial suggestion to bury President Kennedy at Arlington appears to have been made by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy agreed to the change. Although Kennedy's sisters and many of his long-time associates from Massachusetts were opposed to burial at Arlington, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy visited the site with McNamara on Saturday, November 23, and concluded that Mrs. Kennedy's wishes should be honored.

What began in 1992 with a trailer load of wreaths, decorated by volunteers and laid at the graves of fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery (See: The Arlington Story - How the Arlington Wreath Project was born) has now become a national organization with over 500 participating locations - all focused on the mission to Remember - Honor - and Teach.

Cementerio de Arlington es una estación en la línea Azul del Metro de Washington, administrada por la Autoridad de Tránsito del Área Metropolitana de Washington. La estación se encuentra localizada en 1000 North Memorial Drive en Arlington, Virginia. La estación Cementerio de Arlington fue inaugurada el 1 de julio de 1977.DescripciónLa estación Cementerio de Arlington cuenta con 2 plataformas laterales. La estación también cuenta con 18 espacios para bicicletas.ConexionesLa estación cuenta con las siguientes conexiones de autobuses: Rutas del MetroBusEnlaces externos WMATA: Estación Cementerio de Arlington Línea Azul del Metro de WashingtonCategoría:Estaciones del Metro de Washington

The Columbia Gardens Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Ashton Heights Historic District of Arlington, VirginiaCemeteryThe Columbia Gardens Cemetery is located at the southern boundary of the Ashton Heights Historic District and is one of its most prominent features.The cemetery was created by the Alexandria Park Association, incorporated in 1914 in Huntington, West Virginia. The president of the association was Colonel Robert Dye, former superintendent of the Arlington National Cemetery, and its principal founder was Julius Broh.In the proposal to the Arlington County Board, the Association indicated the intent to "make a place that will be attractive as a park and a credit to the county."Having won approval from the County, in November 1917, the Association’s board of directors employed a landscape architect from Cleveland, Ohio, a Mr. Jenney, to prepare the design, specifications, and methods of procedure for operating a cemetery.The Columbia Gardens Cemetery is an example of merging landscape design and city planning based on the principles set down in the late 19th by designers such as Frederick Law Olmsted and subsequently developed by the City Beautiful movement. However as opposed to the linear plans advocated by City Beautiful for urban design, Jenney preferred a more rural cemetery design, with winding roads and natural landscape features.