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Arlington Cemetery
This cemetery is probably the most well known cemetery in the United States. It has over 300,000 burials and sits on 624 acres. It is a national cemetery and has at least one person buried there from each war the US has been in. It sits on the grounds of the Arlington House which was the estate Robert E Lee lived in. When Lee went away for war, the Union took over the house and started burying Union soldiers there. The cemetery was established June 16, 1864. It is still open to military personal and their families. Many notables are buried here including presidents Howard Taft and John F Kennedy. Also, the Tomb of the Unknowns are buried there.
Arlington Cemetery
This cemetery is probably the most well known cemetery in the United States. It has over 300,000 burials and sits on 624 acres. It is a national cemetery and has at least one person buried there from each war the US has been in. It sits on the grounds of the Arlington House which was the estate Robert E Lee lived in. When Lee went away for war, the Union took over the house and started burying Union soldiers there. The cemetery was established June 16, 1864. It is still open to military personal and their families. Many notables are buried here including presidents Howard Taft and John F Kennedy. Also, the Tomb of the Unknowns are buried there.