Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia
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The cemetery was established on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Custis Lee, a descendant of Martha Washington.
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Landmark Trivia
- Arlington National Cemetery has the second-largest number of people buried of any national cemetery in the United States.
- More than 300,000 people are buried here on 624 acres.
- The first burial (a Confederate prisoner of war) occured on May 13, 1864.
- Three state funerals have been held at Arlington: those of Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, and that of General of the Armies John Pershing.
- Whether or not they were wartime service members, U.S. Presidents are eligible to be buried at Arlington since they oversaw the armed forces.
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