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Arlington National Cemetery
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: Arlington VA USA 22211
- Telephone Number: +1-703-607-8000
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia is a military cemetery in the United States , established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House , formerly the estate of the family of Mary Anna (Custis) Lee , a descendant of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system.More than 300,000 people are buried in an area of 624 acrekm2. Veterans and military casualties from every one of the nations wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Revolution through the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq . Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900.Arlington shares with Mill Springs National Cemetery, the only other open cemetery in the system, the distinction of being the oldest military burial ground in the United States.The first soldier to be buried in Arlington was Private William Henry Christman of Pennsylvania on May 13, 1864.Arlington National Cemetery and Department of the Army . The other National Cemeteries are administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs or by the National Park Service.Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) and its grounds are administered by the National Park Service as a memorial to Lee.[1]
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