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==Other Facts==

==Other Facts==

There are more than 3,800 former slaves buried in the cemetery. Their headstones 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 Presidents  are buried in the cemetery: [[William Howard Taft]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].

*James Parks was a Custis family slave who was born at Arlington in 1843 and freed in 1862 under provisions in George Washington Park Custis's will. He served as a gravedigger and cemetery maintenance man for the U.S. Army from 1861 until his death on August 21, 1929. Secretary of War [[Edwin M. Stanton]] granted special permission for Parks to be buried at Arlington; his gravesite is in Section 15, Grave 2.<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/historical_information/james_parks.html Biography of James Parks]</ref>

Four former United States Supreme Court Chief Justices are buried in the cemetery: [[William Howard Taft]], [[Earl Warren]], [[Warren Burger]], and [[William Rehnquist]]. Eight U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices are also interred at Arlington: [[Hugo Black]], [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]], [[Potter Stewart]], [[Thurgood Marshall]], [[William O. Douglas]], [[Arthur Goldberg]], [[William Brennan]], and [[Harry A. Blackmun]].

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

Captain [[Pierre L'Enfant|Pierre Charles L'Enfant]], the architect and planner who designed the layout of Washington, D.C., was re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery on April 28, 1909. He is buried in Section 2-S 3.<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/historical_information/american_revolution.html American Revolutionary War Veterans]</ref>

*Four former United States Supreme Court Chief Justices are buried in the cemetery: [[William Howard Taft]], [[Earl Warren]], [[Warren Burger]], and [[William Rehnquist]]. Eight U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices are also interred at Arlington: [[Hugo Black]], [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]], [[Potter Stewart]], [[Thurgood Marshall]], [[William O. Douglas]], [[Arthur Goldberg]], [[William Brennan]], and [[Harry A. Blackmun]].

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

 

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

== See also ==

== See also ==