Tour of: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
On our last few hours in the Washington D.C area, we decided to take a tour of the world famous Arlington National Cemetery.
It is a military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee.
The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. and near The Pentagon.
It is a truly remarkable place, where ex-presidents lye.
The sights include:
2:00 John. F. Kennedy Gravesite. Includes the Eternal Flame.
2:28 World War 2 Repatriation Section.
2:48 History into the Cemetery.
3:11 Sir John Greer Dill Memorial Statue.
3:29 Guide talks about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
3:57 The Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.
4:26 USS Maine Memorial.
4:43 Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle Memorials and Iran Hostage Memorial.
4:55 The original Arlington Amphitheater.
6:08 The Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
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Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the highest-income county in the United States by median family income, though it has the highest concentration of singles in the region. Arlington is the second-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area. The county is often referred to in the region simply as Arlington or Arlington, Virginia.
Due to the county's proximity to downtown Washington, D.C., Arlington is headquarters to many departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States, including the Department of Defense (DoD) at the Pentagon, Drug Enforcement Administration, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It is also home to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The many federal agencies, government contractors, and service industries contribute to Arlington's stable economy. Arlington is also the location of national memorials and museums, including Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon Memorial, the Marine Corps War Memorial, and the United States Air Force Memorial.
Economy
Largest Employers:
# Employer # of Employees
1 Department of Defense 24,000
2 Arlington County 7,555
3 Department of Homeland Security 7,300
4 Deloitte 7,000
5 Department of Justice 5,300
6 Department of State 5,200
7 Accenture 4,500
8 FDIC 2,900
9 Virginia Hospital Center 2,698
10 Leidos 2,300
11 National Science Foundation 2,200
12 Lockheed Martin 2,187
13 Environmental Protection Agency 2,100
14 General Services Administration 1,970
15 Marriott International 1,950
16 Booz Allen Hamilton 1,400
17 Corporate Executive Board 1,279
18 Bureau of National Affairs 1,015
19 CACI 813
20 Marymount University 726
Landmarks
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House (also known as the Custis-Lee Mansion). It is directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., north of the Pentagon. With nearly 300,000 graves, Arlington National Cemetery is the second-largest national cemetery in the United States.
The Tomb of the Unknowns, also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, DC. President John F. Kennedy is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his wife and some of their children. His grave is marked with an Eternal Flame. His brothers, Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, are also buried nearby. William Howard Taft, who was also a Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is the only other President buried at Arlington.
Other frequently visited sites near the cemetery are the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, commonly known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, the U.S. Air Force Memorial, the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, the Netherlands Carillon and the U.S. Army's Fort Myer.
The Pentagon
The Pentagon in Arlington is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. It was dedicated on January 15, 1943 and it is the world's largest office building. Although it is located in Arlington, the United States Postal Service requires that Washington, D.C. be used as the place name in mail addressed to the six ZIP codes assigned to The Pentagon.[94]
The building is pentagon-shaped in plan and houses about 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel. It has five floors and each floor has five ring corridors. The Pentagon's principal law enforcement arm is the United States Pentagon Police, the agency that protects the Pentagon and various other DoD jurisdictions throughout the National Capital Region.
Built during the early years of World War II, it is still thought of as one of the most efficient office buildings in the world. It has 17.5 miles (28 km) of corridors, yet it takes only seven minutes or so to walk between any two points in the building.
A look at some of Arlington's most famous gravesites
'America's News HQ' gets a tour of Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day.
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Day 3 - Arlington House and JFK gravesite
Day 3 - Arlington House and JFK gravesite
The Bridge at Robert Lee Memorial Garden
Installation of the bridge at the Robert Lee, Texas Memorial Garden with the help on many small hands
Trip to the USAF Memorial Arlington, Virginia 07272015
Third time to Washington, DC area in 2 years and finally got here to see this wonderful USAF Air Force Memorial .
Old Confederate Graveyard, Arlington, TX
Walking amongst the graves
Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
In 1914 a memorial to Confederate soldiers was placed at Arlington National Cemetery. How long will it be before the political correct hate America bullies demand it be removed?
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Driving Through Lee Highway (Rt 29) - Arlington, Virginia , USA | Residential Areas
Lee Highway (also known as Rt. 29) is one of several main thoroughfares through Arlington.
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The Lee Highway was a national auto trail in the United States, connecting New York City and San Francisco, California, via the South and Southwest. After receiving a letter on January 15, 1919, from Dr. Samuel Myrtle Johnson of Roswell, New Mexico, David Carlisle Humphreys of Lexington, Virginia, put out a call for a meeting in Roanoke, Virginia, to form a new national highway association. On December 3, 1919, five hundred men from five states met in Roanoke to officially form the Lee Highway Association. The auto trail was named after Robert E. Lee
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Introduction to Arlington, Virginia.
Arlington is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the west bank of the Potomac River directly across from Washington, D.C. Although sometimes referred to as a city, Arlington is actually a county which contains no incorporated towns or cities within its boundaries. Originally part of the 10-mile square area set aside in 1791 for the nation’s capital, the land now comprising Arlington County was returned to the Commonwealth of Virginia by the U.S. Congress in 1846 and was known at the time as Alexandria County. In 1852, the independent City of Alexandria was incorporated from a portion of the County, leading to confusion, as two adjacent municipal entities continued to share the same name (Alexandria). The confusion was resolved in 1920, when Alexandria County renamed itself Arlington County, borrowing its name from the Arlington National Cemetery, which had been established during the Civil War on the grounds of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's former home, Arlington House.
Although best known generally as the home of the Pentagon, The Iwo Jima War Memorial, and Arlington National Cemetery, the County is also an important employment center. The Federal Government accounts for the lion's share of the roughly 200,000 jobs in Arlington, but high-tech companies have become increasingly prominent, as have several major associations, Fortune 500 companies, and other nationally known employers. The County’s residential population is among the most highly educated in the nation and is increasingly diverse. Arlington is the home of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and is serviced by the Orange, Blue and Yellow lines of the Washington Metro. The County is traversed by two Interstate highways, I-66 and I-395; as well as by the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Arlington Area Attractions
The name Arlington is synonymous in many people's minds with Arlington National Cemetery, the most famous national cemetery in the United States. Veterans from all the nation's wars are buried in the cemetery, as are two former Presidents (John F. Kennedy and William Howard Taft). Also located in Arlington are the Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, and several notable memorials, including the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial), the U.S. Air Force Memorial, and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
Other attractions in Arlington include the Arlington Arts Center, founded in 1976 and housed in the historic Maury School; the Arlington Historical Museum, housed in a two-story brick structure built in 1891 and currently standing as the oldest school building in Arlington County. The Ball-Sellers house, a one-room log cabin with a loft built by a farmer named John Ball in 1742, is a rare example of an ordinary person's dwelling of the 1700s. The Ellipse Arts Center is a 3,000 square foot visual arts facility which opened in 1990, and presents a diverse schedule of high quality programs in the visual arts. A wealth of other attractions abound in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the following:
The National Mall
Ford's Theatre
The National Archives
National Air and Space Museum
International Spy Museum
Lincoln Theatre
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Chinatown
African American Civil War Memorial
Blair House
Folger Shakespeare Library
National Geographic Society
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
National Building Museum
Visitors to Arlington can take the very short trip to the other side of the Potomac, where the city of Washington hosts several major league professional sports franchises. These include football's Redskins (NFL), baseball's Nationals (MLB), basketball's Wizards (NBA) and Mystics (WNBA), hockey's Capitals (NHL), soccer's DC United (MLS), and lacrosse's Bayhawks (MLL).
Arlington National Cemetery- Mass Confederate Burial
2111 dead confederates
Top 14 Tourist Attractions in Arlington - Travel Virginia
Top 14 Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Arlington - Travel Virginia:
Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknowns, U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, John F. Kennedy Grave Site, Pentagon Memorial, Arlington House The Robert E. Lee Memorial, The Pentagon, Women in Military Service for America Memorial, Mount Vernon Trail, Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, Signature Theatre, DEA Museum & Visitors Center, Netherlands Carillon
Arlington Memorial Bridge, D.C.
Arlington Memorial Bridge is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge with a central bascule (or drawbridge) that crosses the Potomac River at Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.
The bridge connects, both literally and symbolically, the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House, the former home of Civil War General Robert E. Lee. This placement was done intentionally to represent the reunification of the North and the South.
The northeastern entrance to the Arlington Memorial Bridge features The Arts of War sculptures, Sacrifice and Valor.
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Expanded Tour Service at Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery Tours, Inc., a subsidiary of Old Town Trolley Tours of Washington, Inc., is Arlington National Cemetery's only authorized interpretative tour bus service within the grounds of the cemetery.
The current interpretative tour bus service through Arlington National Cemetery departs continuously from the cemetery's Welcome Center between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., April through September, and between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., October through March. Weekday service includes stops near the Ord & Weitzel walking gate to see the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, the Kennedy gravesites, U.S. Coast Guard Memorial, U.S. Army Gen. John J. Pershing's gravesite, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Changing of the Guard), and The Arlington House (Robert E. Lee Memorial). Weekend service also includes stops near Sections 55 and 60 and the Sept. 11 Memorial.
Expanded stops that cover a larger portion of the cemetery
The ability to pay at stops
Discounts for military and veterans
Free service for disabled and active duty military in uniform (with valid identification)
Free shuttle service for families and friends to visit a gravesite
2015 Pricing per person for interpretative tour bus service:
Military personnel in uniform: FREE
Disabled with valid handicap placard: FREE (plus one companion)
Active Military with valid identification (up to four family members): $6.00 Adults; $3.00 Children* (4-12)
Veterans with valid identification (and one guest at the same price): $6.00 Adults; $3.00 Children* (4-12)
Seniors (65 and older): $9.00
General Public: $12.00 Adults; $6.00 Children* (4-12)
*Children under 4 years old are free.
Tickets can be purchased at Arlington National Cemetery in the Welcome Center ticket booth and at shuttle stops. Tickets can also be purchased online at
Arlington National Cemetery Tours, Inc., offers a discount for groups of 20 or more. For more information, please contact the Group Sales Department at (202) 832-2008 or e-mail: groups@arlingtontours.com.
Presidents Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Brief, yet important look at some of those who impacted history, served their country in the nation's highest office, and were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
The map of Vietnam at Vietnam war memorial in Arlington Texas
The waterfall flow like the ocean wrap around Vietnam, This creation dedicate to all the VNCH soldier and United State and Allied Nations' arm forces fought valiantly and selfessly for the South Vietnam.
Civil War soldiers finally laid to rest
It took 151 years, but the remains of two sailors who lost their lives in the Civil War finally have been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. David Martin reports.
In Memory & Eulogy of David Edward Ford · Lieutenant Colonel USAF · Arlington National Cemetery 2014
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In Memory of David Edward Ford - Lieutenant Colonel USAF - Arlington National Cemetery - 1-13-2014
Lt. Col. USAF (Ret) David Edward Ford, 78, of Nixa, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013. He was born to Sidney and Marjorie (Haskell) Ford, in Melrose, Massachusetts on July 25, 1935. David married Janiece Hilliard on December 19, 1997.
Colonel Ford joined the Air Force in 1962 as an enlisted member, but was quickly accepted to Officers Candidate School. After completing flight training, he served as a tactical reconnaissance fighter pilot in the Viet Nam War. Colonel Ford's plane was shot down over Viet Nam and he and his crew were captured by the North Vietnamese Communists. Lt. Col. Ford remained a prisoner of war for 5 years and 4 months enduring incredibly brutal and inhumane treatment. He remained steadfast in his resistance to enemy torture.
Serving with some of the bravest men ever to wear the uniform of the United States, Lt. Col. Ford was one of the most highly decorated for heroism. His many awards include the Silver Star Medal, with two oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart, with three oak leaf clusters, and the Air Force Presidential Unit Citation, all awarded for valor in the face of a ruthless enemy.
Colonel Ford was a member of the NAM-POWs
(The Vietnam POW fraternal society where he served as a Board Member and managed the communications listserv), the VFW, Missouri Purple Heart Organization, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots (The River Rats), American Ex-Prisoners of War, and the American Legion. Upon retirement from the Air Force, he worked for the State of Ohio as a systems analyst until his retirement.
David was a man's man in every good thing that expression connotes. He was brave, confident, had a strong work ethic. He was intolerant of those he felt weren't pulling their share of the load, but was willing to help them achieve his high standards. David was a bigger than life character and will be missed by his family and all who knew him.
David is survived by his wife; step sons Robert Branch and wife Melissa and Leroy Branch and wife Katy of Alaska, daughters Sharon Ford of Ohio, Elizabeth Urban of Florida, and Eleanor Hodge of Ohio, and many loved grandchildren and great grandchildren. Other family members are Julie Mercer, Lisa Phillips, Renee Ford and Robert Ford. David is preceded in death by his parents, a son David Ford, a sister Marjorie E. and a brother John Sidney Ford, and two grandchildren, David and P.J.
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Video President Obama Commemorates Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery
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President Obama honors the men and women who gave their lives in service of our nation. May 27, 2013.
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Arlington VA in the Civil War
The Arlington Learning in Retirement Institute presents a joint lecture by two Civil War historians on the topic of Arlington in the Civil War. Karl VanNewkirk, past president of the Arlington Historical Society, and David Farner, park manager of Fort C.F. Smith, each bring their own area of expertise to painting a portrait of Arlington Virginia in the years 1860-1865.
Arlington Cemetery Explained!-- Amazing Moments in American History
Are you studying for a test? Or just curious and want to know more about the origins of the Arlington National Cemetery? In this helpful video about this historic landmark, the Arlington Cemetery. Excelsior Classes teacher Becky Frank will give you a quick overview of the Arlington Cemetery with a surprising ending, and show you what it's like now.
Becky's American History Class:
About Becky:
Becky Frank has been steeped in American History from her early days growing up on the family farm in Northeastern North Carolina. Although Barrow Creek farm has been in her family since the 1680s, her parents were the first to live on it for three generations. On the farm, she learned to milk cows, shear sheep, and drive a tractor.
After an internship at historic Edenton, she received a B.S. in Public History from Appalachian State University in 1992. Answering God’s call to teach in a classroom setting, she added teacher certification from East Carolina University to her degree in 1998. Becky then taught social studies in Gates County, North Carolina where her classes included U.S. History, World History, Economics, Government, and Humanities. After she moved to Northern Wake County with her new husband and began a family in 2004, she taught American History online for six years.
Becky currently homeschools her three children and is active in her church and local Christian homeschool group. She enjoys gardening, cooking, scrapbooking and long walks with her kids and the family dog. Sharing the heritage of our great country is one of her passions as. Her lifelong dream is to return to the family farm and make a portion of the acreage a living history site.