Arlington National Cemetery
Moved in to Cherry Hill Park this morning for our extended stay in Washington D.C. area. Checked in early which gave us time to do some sight seeing. Park staff recommended that Arlington was best done by car as Metro to there would take a long time. So off we went. Not a bad drive. About 30 minutes on freeways and parkways. Pretty. No buildings seen. Parkway puts you right at entrance to Arlington Cemetery. Right away we realized what week it was – first week in June. Traditional high school senior trip to Washington D.C. week. Group after group after group of teenagers, each group in a different but distinctive t-shirt. Pretty chaotic at first but seemed to thin out some by late morning and into afternoon.
We spent over three hours wandering among the grave stones and historical sites.
Arlington House – home of Robert E. Lee prior to Civil War.
JFK and Jacqueline
This man, an Army private, went on to become a Supreme Court Justice.
Crypt of Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s son, his wife and their son – Abraham Lincoln II.
President Taft
Grave of first person to be buried on Arlington grounds – long before it became a national cemetery.
Washington D.C. Mall from Arlington House.
Tomb of the Unknowns.
Amphitheater behind Tomb
It was just after Memorial Day. Flags had been removed from all the graves but remembrance flowers had been left in place on these.
I saw one other Medal of Honor grave stone in our wanderings. Simple marker. Name, rank, dates, and ‘Medal of Honor’.
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