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Why Millions of Visitors Go To See Arlington National Cemetery Every Year

Over 4 million people, choose to visit Arlington National Cemetery each year. It has over 200 acres and was originally made to be a military natural burial site in the mid 1800′s . It is the second largest national cemetery in the United States with over 300,000 Americans buried there. This well known natural cemetery is located in Arlington, Virginia and brings visitors here for many different reasons. Some just want to be able to see a part of American history, some come to pay their respects and honor the nation’s war veterans and others are there for the funeral and burial of a friend or relative .

For those people that are there to attend a funeral, they are in the company of a lot of others each week at Arlington. They has average of about 28 funerals each day during the week with no funerals happening on the weekends. Veterans from all of the country’s] wars are buried at this cemetery all the way to Iraq and Afghanistan. There are certain traditions that happen where] a wreath in addition to a 21 gun salute in honor of the soldier. They also follow the burial with the playing of taps and presenting the flag that was on top of the coffin to the family.

One of the most frequently visited sections of the Arlington national cemetery is the Tomb of the Unknowns. This is a monumental tomb that was built and houses the remains of an unknown soldier from each war. It is meant to symbolize all of the service members that died during war. There was a ceremony when each Unknown Soldier was interred into Arlington by the presiding President of the United States at the time. The only war that is no longer represented is the Vietnam War where the remains were taken out and identified and then the family of that deceased veteran preferred to have him buried near them. The Tomb of the Unknowns is guarded by the U.S. Army every hour of every day of the year .

There are important people that are well known in American History that are also honored by being buried at this cemetery. These people did not serve in the military but important to our history. There are quite a few explorers buried including some astronauts too. Also, buried here are famous political figures like the Kennedy brothers. Famous literary and medical figures are burial in Arlington too. There are also two Presidents of the United States buried in the cemetery and they are William Howard Taft and John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Many visitors like strolling all around and seeing so many famous names buried in one location .

If you wish to go to the Washington, D.C. area and make a stop at Arlington, Virginia to see this well known cemetery, it may be exciting to go there on a day that has special ceremonies surrounding it . Veteran’s Day typically has the current President speak in honor of those that lost their lives for our country .

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