who owned arlington national cemetery before it was a cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery The national cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, which had been the estate of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee (a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington). The Cemetery, along with Arlington House, Memorial Drive, the Hemicycle, and the Arlington Memorial Bridge, form the Arlington National Cemetery Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 2014.[2][3]
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery The cemetery is administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs on the former site of Jefferson Barracks. It covers 331 acres (134Â ha) and the number of interments as of 2014 is approximately 188,000. The cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.