Arlington National Cemetery Research Paper

Arlington National Cemetery is a lot of different memorials into one location. Inside the Cemetery there is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, Amphitheater, Arlington House, John F Kennedy gravesight. Section 60 (Afghanistan Graves) and the Challenger and Columbia memorial. The Cemetery consists of about 400,000 are buried in the Cemetery alone. Within the 400,000 graves about 5,000 are unmarked do to unknown soldiers. About 14,000 are veterans that buried at the cemetery. In the Amphitheater all 44 fought wars are inscripted into the walls of the Amphitheater. Old map of Washington D.C and the Flag of USA in 1915 are inside the Amphitheater. The cemetery services start at 8am and end at 7pm from April-September. Arlington National Cemetery is very important to our society because it supports the soldiers we lost in wars. Arlington house was built in was built in 1804. In 1864 the house was converted into a National cemetery for soldiers that died fighting in wars. In 1921 the Tomb of the Unknow was built into the cemetery to honor the soldiers that no one knows who they were. Later the John F Kennedy memorial was built to remember the President that was assassinated in 1963. His brother is also buried right next to him. In 1920 the Amphitheater was built as a memorial and a place where funerals are held. The 44 wars are built into the walls of the theater. In 1804 the Arlington House was built for general Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee was a general for the confederate in the Civil War. The cemetery part of the was built in 1864 when Robert Lee died and the government made it into a cemetery. In 1920 the Amphitheatre was built. It was built for ceremonies to soldiers that lost their lives in war and combat. One year later the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers was built. This memorial was made because it was to remember the soldiers that have been unknown. People that have died but they have no idea who they are. In 1963 John F. …show more content…
Lee for the confederate. When he died the government took over the property and made it into cemetery. They made a cemetery out of his house and also made a personal memorial for him. The cemetery started just as a cemetery and then became a nation United States memorial. The house was the whole start of the National Memorial.

The Amphitheater was built in 1920. It was built for ceremonies for soldiers that died. The theater is now a memorial where people visit souls and the the wars inscripted in the walls of the theater. The 44 American fought wars are inscripted below the theater. Funerals are now held throughout the cemetery.

In 1864 the cemetery was taken over by the government of Arlington, Virginia. The property was converted into a cemetery to remember the soldiers that have lost their lives fighting for our country. The cemetery is on a 624 acer area. Starting with the Civil war the cemetery built for veterans that died during the conflict. It is located across the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial. The cemetery itself consists of four memorials inside the cemetery. This consists of the Arlington House, Tomb of the Unknown, Amphitheater, and the John F. Kennedy