Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee, a great grand-daughter of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is ...
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Contained by:
People interred here:
- Albert Scott Crossfield ,
- Gus Grissom ,
- William Halsey, Jr. ,
- Cordwainer Smith ,
- Ellis Spear ,
- William K. Lanman ,
- Herbert J. Sweet ,
- Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. ,
- Walter John Stoessel, Jr. ,
- Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen
Also known as:
- Arlington Cemetery
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- Place of interment
- Tourist attraction
