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Post date / 2011 / July / 30
- on the metro on the stop to
- Arlington Cemetery
- the cemetery is well served by the metro
- which is only a short walk away
- the cemetery visitor center
- in the visitor center
- Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery
- established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House
- the nation's most sacred shrine
- the cemetery is divided into 70 sections
- administered by the Department of the Army
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- or by the National Park Service
- moving along the cemetery
- Trams for quick travel around the cemetery grounds
- the vast cemetery grounds
- it's a hot day alright...
- The world war II section
- The John F Kennedy Grave
- Arlington House on the hill
- Eternal flame and marker at the grave of John F. Kennedy
- 35th president of the United States
- as it appeared prior to the parallel interment of his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, upon her death.
- youngest son of John F Kennedy
- reserved for Caroline Kennedy?
- The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River
- from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C
- the flag at half mast
- looking over the Lee Mansion National Memorial
- moving along
- tombs of all shape and sizes
- the cemetery's well served by paved walkways
- to the tomb of the unknown soldier
- The Tomb of the Unknowns
- Honoring the entombed soldiers of World War I & II
- the Korean War
- and the Vietnam War
- Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater
- located behind the tomb of the unknown soldier
- it is huge!
- and grand
- the roads by the Amphitheater
- The Arlington Amphitheater north entrance
- moving on
- Remembering the Maine: The memorial to the USS Maine
- Cenotaph memorials honoring space crew
- of the Space Shuttle Challenger and many others
- more tombs
- hilly parts of the cemetery
- what a sight!