Arlington National Cemetery
1 Memorial Ave, Fort Myer, VA 22211, USA
Virginia, USA
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CEMETERY
EST. 1864
EST. 1864
May 13, 1864
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Arlington National Cemetery.
An active United States military cemetery occupies more than 600 acres surrounding Arlington House. The Army maintains hundreds of thousands of graves, monuments, memorials, ceremonial spaces, roads, landscaped grounds, historic structures, and visitor facilities, with access governed by security and cemetery regulations.
About Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery was established on May 13, 1864, during the American Civil War after Arlington Estate, the land on which the cemetery was built, was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States ArmyGeneral Robert E. Lee's family following a tax dispute over the property.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Arlington National Cemetery
The cemetery is managed by the U.S. Department of the Army. As of 2024, it conducts approximately 27 to 30 funerals each weekday and between six and eight services on Saturday. In April 2014, Arlington National Cemetery Historic District, including Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington House, Memorial Drive, the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, and Arlington Memorial Bridge, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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