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[[image:arlington_1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Arlington National Cemetery]]

[[image:arlington_1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Arlington National Cemetery]]

'''Arlington National Cemetery''' is the final resting place for more than 250,000 [[American]] military servicemen.  It is located in the county of [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]], not far from [[the Pentagon]] and across the [[Potomac River]] from [[Washington DC]]. It is also the location of the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]], which houses three anonymous service members from [[World War I]], [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]].

'''Arlington National Cemetery''' is the final resting place for more than 250,000 American military servicemen.  It is located in the county of [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]], not far from [[the Pentagon]] and across the [[Potomac River]] from [[Washington DC]]. It is also the location of the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]], which houses three anonymous service members from [[World War I]], [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]].  It is a major tourist site near Washington, DC.

 

== History ==

== History ==

The use of Arlington as a cemetery began during the [[American Civil War]], on land once owned by [[Confederate]] General [[Robert E. Lee]]. [[Union]] soldier William Henry Christman was the first serviceman to be interred on May 13, 1864. The use of General Lee's property was intentional, to ensure that the land could never be reoccupied by supporters of the Confederacy. The 200 acre cemetery was officially designated on June 15, 1864, by Secretary of War [[Edwin M. Stanton]]. By the end of the war there were more than 16,000 soldiers buried. The land was chosen by Montgomery C. Meigs, the quartermaster general of the United States Army.

The use of Arlington as a cemetery began during the [[American Civil War]], on land once owned by Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]]. Union soldier William Henry Christman was the first serviceman to be interred on May 13, 1864. The 200 acre cemetery was officially designated on June 15, 1864, by Secretary of War [[Edwin M. Stanton]]. By the end of the war there were more than 16,000 soldiers buried. The land was chosen by Montgomery C. Meigs, the quartermaster general of the United States Army.

==Other Facts==

==Other Facts==

There are more than 3,800 former slaves buried in the cemetery. Their headstones are have the word "Civilian" or "Citizen" on them.

There are more than 3,800 former slaves buried in the cemetery. Their headstones have the word "Civilian" or "Citizen" on them.

Two former [[President of the United States|Presidents of the United States]] are buried in the cemetery: [[William Howard Taft]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].

Two former Presidents are buried in the cemetery: [[William Howard Taft]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].

Four former [[United States Supreme Court]] [[Associate Justice|Justices]] are buried in the cemetery: [[William Howard Taft]], [[Earl Warren]], [[Warren Burger]], and [[William Rehnquist]].

Four former United States Supreme Court Justices are buried in the cemetery: [[William Howard Taft]], [[Earl Warren]], [[Warren Burger]], and [[William Rehnquist]].

Boxer [[Joe Louis]] is also buried there.

Boxer [[Joe Louis]] is also buried there.

[[Category:United States]]

[[Category:United States]]