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1 Arlington National Cemetery

For 30 years, Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807–70)
lived at Arlington House. In 1861 he left his home to lead
Virginia’s armed forces, and the Union confiscated the estate
for a military cemetery. By the end of the Civil War in 1865,
16,000 soldiers were interred in the consecrated Arlington
National Cemetery. Since then, around another 400,000
veterans have joined them. Simple headstones mark the Confederate Memorial
graves of soldiers who died in every major conflict from This bronze and granite monument honors
the Revolution to the present. The focus of the cemetery the Confederate soldiers who died in the
Civil War. It was dedicated in 1914.
is the Tomb of the Unknowns, which honors the thousands
of unidentified soldiers who have died in battle.
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This tomb contains four vaults – for World
War I and II, Vietnam, and Korea. Each vault
held one unidentified soldier until the
Vietnam soldier was identified by DNA
analysis and reburied in his home town.

Memorial Amphitheater
This marble amphitheater is the
setting of the annual services
on Memorial Day (see p38)
when the nation’s leaders pay
tribute to the dead who served
their country. It has also hosted
many military ceremonies.

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