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Burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States are located across 23 states and the District of Columbia. Since the office was established in 1789, 45 people have served as President of the United States. [A] Of these, 40 have died. The state with the most presidential burial sites is Virginia with seven.
Arlington National Cemetery was established on May 13, 1864, during the American Civil War after Arlington Estate, the land on which the cemetery was built, was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's family following a tax dispute over the property.
There are over 300,000 headstones and hundreds of memorials at Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House itself is a memorial to George Washington.The son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Parke Custis purchased the 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of wooded land on the Potomac River north of Alexandria, Virginia in 1778.
Charles F. Blair Jr. (1909–1978), US Air Force Brigadier General; buried with wife Maureen O'Hara; Vicente T. Blaz (1928–2014), US Marine Corps Brigadier General and Delegate to Congress from Guam; Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), US Navy Admiral; Jeremy Michael Boorda (1939–1996), US Navy Admiral and Chief of Naval Operations
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier United States For deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified Unveiled November 11, 1921 ; 103 years ago (November 11, 1921) Location 38°52′35″N 77°04′20″W / 38.87639°N 77.07222°W / 38.87639; -77.07222 Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD The Tomb of ...
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - AUGUST 26: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump (R) observes a changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier alongside Arlington ...
Former President Trump lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. Trump used his appearance to make a campaign video. The Army, which oversees the cemetery, forbids any sort of political ...
Frank Hryniewicz, a 20-year-old soldier killed on the USS Oklahoma in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, was to be reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery on May 16.n(Credit: Hryniewicz Family)