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 Tomb of the Unknowns is a monument dedicated to American service members who have died without their remains being identified. It is also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but it has never been officially named so. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States of America. The World War I "Unknown" is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the Victoria Cross, and several other foreign nations' highest service awards. The U.S. Unknowns who were interred are also recipients of the Medal of Honor, presented by U.S. Presidents who presided over their funerals.Tomb of 1921On March 4, 1921, the United States Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American serviceman from World War I in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater. On November 11, 1921, the unknown soldier brought back from France was interred below a three-level marble tomb. The bottom two levels are six marble sections each and the top at least nine blocks with a rectangular opening in the center of each level through which the unknown remains were placed through the tomb and into the ground below. A stone other than marble covers the rectangular opening.Tomb of 1931Since 1921 the intent was to place a superstructure on top of the Tomb, but it was not until July 3, 1926, that Congress authorized the completion of the Tomb and the expenditure of $50,000 . A design competition was held and won by architect Lorimer Rich and sculptor Thomas Hudson Jones. An appropriation from Congress for the work was secured and on December 21, 1929, a contract for completion of the Tomb itself was entered into. The Tomb would consist of seven pieces of marble in four levels of which the die is the largest block with the sculpting on all four sides.
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
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
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion, is a Greek revival style mansion located in Arlington, Virginia, United States that was once the home of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It overlooks the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the American Civil War, the grounds of the mansion were selected as the site of Arlington National Cemetery, in part to ensure that Lee would never again be able to return to his home. However, the United States has since designated the mansion as a National Memorial to Lee. Arlington Woods, located behind Arlington House, contains the oldest and largest tract of climax eastern hardwood forest that still exists in Arlington County.Although the United States Department of the Army controls Arlington National Cemetery, the National Park Service, a component of the United States Department of the Interior, administers Arlington House.Construction and early historyThe mansion was built on the orders of George Washington Parke Custis (G.W.P. Custis), the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and only grandson of Martha Custis Washington. Custis became a prominent resident of an area that was then known as Alexandria County, at the time a part of the District of Columbia.
Het Netherlands Carillon op de Arlington National Cemetery was een geschenk van het Nederlandse volk aan de Verenigde Staten in 1954. Een beiaard werd geschonken om de Verenigde Staten te bedanken voor de hulp gedurende en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het stond eerst op een nabijgelegen plaats. De beiaard met 49 klokken werd in 1960 geïnstalleerd in de door J.W.C. Boks ontworpen toren. In 1995 werd ter gelegenheid van Bevrijdingsdag op 5 mei een vijftigste klok toegevoegd. Elke klok heeft een embleem die een bepaalde groep in de Nederlandse samenleving vertegenwoordigt. De kleinste klok vertegenwoordigt de jeugd van Nederland; de zwaarste klok weegt 5800 kg. De gedichten die op de klokken staan zijn van de dichter Ben van Eysselsteijn. De emblemen, randversieringen en belettering zijn van de Nederlandse kunstenaars Gerard van Remmen, Genia van der Grinten-Lücker en Louis Meijs. De klokkentoren is een open staalconstructie van 40 meter hoog en staat op een klein plein van kwartsiet. Twee bronzen leeuwen, ontworpen door de Nederlandse beeldhouwer Paul Koning, bewaken het plein. Rond de toren zijn duizenden tulpen aangeplant. De beiaard speelt op elk uur de melodie Westminsterslag.