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Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892), brigadier general; Arlington National Cemetery was established by Meigs, who commanded the garrison at Arlington House and appropriated the grounds on June 15, 1864, for use as a military cemetery
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.
Youngs Memorial Cemetery: Oyster Bay: New York: 27 William Howard Taft [35] March 8, 1930: Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington: Virginia: 28 Woodrow Wilson [36] February 3, 1924: Washington National Cathedral: Washington, D.C. 29 Warren G. Harding [37] August 2, 1923 [G] Harding Tomb [Q] Marion: Ohio: 30 Calvin Coolidge [38] January 5, 1933 ...
Long Beach Municipal Cemetery, Signal Hill [9] Los Angeles National Cemetery, West Los Angeles; Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Cemetery, Long Beach; Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles; Mount Zion Cemetery, East Los Angeles; Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont [11] Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth; Odd Fellows ...
The flame-haired Irish-American actress Maureen O'Hara was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday (November 9), next to her husband U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Charles Blair who was ...
1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...
The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
Officers of the 8th New York Infantry Regiment at Arlington House in June 1861, two months after the beginning of the American Civil War The Custis-Lee Mansion, originally known as Arlington House, [5] with Union Army soldiers on its lawn during the American Civil War on June 28, 1864 Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon in December 2012 The Old Guard transports the flag ...