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'''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]].

== History ==

== History ==

The use of Arlington as a cemetery began during the [[American Civil War]], on confiscated land 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 what many saw as his treason.  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 use of Arlington as a cemetery began during the [[American Civil War]], on confiscated land 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 what many saw as his treason.  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.