By: Robert Van Trombley
Keywords:cemeteries; civil war; military cemetery; paupers' cemeteries
A 624-acre U.S. military cemetery located in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is the final resting place for more than 400,000 active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. The cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, the antebellum estate of Mary Anna Custis Lee, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and wife of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. It is now considered the nation's most prestigious military cemetery.
George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington and adopted son of George Washington, acquired a 1,100-acre plot of land overlooking the nation's burgeoning new capital in 1802 and began building Arlington House. Upon his death, his daughter, Mary Lee, inherited Arlington House in the form of a living ...
Trombley, R. (2017). Arlington national cemetery. In P. Joseph (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of war: Social science perspectives (Vol. 1, pp. 92-93). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n41
Trombley, Robert Van. "Arlington National Cemetery." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives, edited by Joseph, Paul, 92-93. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n41.
Trombley, R. 2017. Arlington National Cemetery. In: Paul Joseph Editor, 2017. The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 92-93 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n41> [Accessed 21 Jan 2022].
Trombley, Robert Van. "Arlington National Cemetery." The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives. Edited by Paul Joseph. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2017, pp. 92-93. SAGE Knowledge. 21 Jan 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483359878.n41.
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