The Arlington National Cemetery- There are many people in the world that lost their lives during all different kinds of wars to keep the United States safe. Most of the people are buried at the famous Arlington National Cemetery. This cemetery is very peaceful and quiet and it is considered home to many people who visit. The heroes who are buried in the cemetery fought for the United States and made it a free country.
Arlington National Cemetery is located in Arlington, Virginia, containing more than four hundred thousand bodies from the United States and eleven other countries. The cemetery has the second largest bodies buried in any other cemetery in the United States. The first largest cemetery is the Calverton cemetery located in New …show more content…
John Parke Custis (also known as Jacky when he was younger) was a very successful and a bright man. He had a famous mother named Martha Washington. Custis was only four years old when his mom married George Washington. When Custis grew older, he was serving in George Washington’s army. After some time, he died while serving the army so the Arlington cemetery was passed onto Custis’s son, George Washington Parke Custis. George Washington Parke Custis named the land Arlington. In 1804, Parke Custis married Marry Lee Fitzhugh and they had four children but only one, Marry Ann Randolph Custis, survived in an adult age. The family lived in a very large mansion known as the Arlington house, which was built on the highest hill. Arlington house was built by the Custis family and was given to Marry Ann Custis who later married a lieutenant named Robert Edward Lee. Robert Edward Lee was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. His father was the commander of the revolutionary war. The Lee family was ripped apart by the civil war in 1861. He served as a military officer in the U.S. Army, a West Point commandant and the legendary general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War (1861-65). His team won many battles including the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee hated the southern because they continued to own slaves. He hated slavery so much that he gave a speech saying how slavery should end. He described, “slavery is a moral and political evil in any society, a greater evil to the white man than
Arlington National Cemetery is located in Arlington, Virginia, containing more than four hundred thousand bodies from the United States and eleven other countries. The cemetery has the second largest bodies buried in any other cemetery in the United States. The first largest cemetery is the Calverton cemetery located in New …show more content…
John Parke Custis (also known as Jacky when he was younger) was a very successful and a bright man. He had a famous mother named Martha Washington. Custis was only four years old when his mom married George Washington. When Custis grew older, he was serving in George Washington’s army. After some time, he died while serving the army so the Arlington cemetery was passed onto Custis’s son, George Washington Parke Custis. George Washington Parke Custis named the land Arlington. In 1804, Parke Custis married Marry Lee Fitzhugh and they had four children but only one, Marry Ann Randolph Custis, survived in an adult age. The family lived in a very large mansion known as the Arlington house, which was built on the highest hill. Arlington house was built by the Custis family and was given to Marry Ann Custis who later married a lieutenant named Robert Edward Lee. Robert Edward Lee was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. His father was the commander of the revolutionary war. The Lee family was ripped apart by the civil war in 1861. He served as a military officer in the U.S. Army, a West Point commandant and the legendary general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War (1861-65). His team won many battles including the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee hated the southern because they continued to own slaves. He hated slavery so much that he gave a speech saying how slavery should end. He described, “slavery is a moral and political evil in any society, a greater evil to the white man than