Union soldiers at Arlington House, across the Potomac River from Washington on June 28, 1864. It is the former home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt visiting the tomb of an unknown soldier on Armistice Day in the Arlington Cemetery in 1940.
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Sen. Robert Kennedy kneels by the eternal flame at the grave of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery in January 1965.
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Mourners at the burial of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery on June 8, 1968.
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Memorial amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in May 1965.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is laid to rest beside her husband, John F Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery on May 23, 1994.
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe visits Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath honoring the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2005.
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An Arlington National Cemetery Honor Guard bugler plays taps during funeral services for Army Spc. Ross Andrew McGinnis, who was killed in Iraq in December 2006.
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The grave of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is seen in Section Five, where many former justices are buried.
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Staff Sgt. Kerrin Kampa, of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, along with other soldiers, place flags in front of headstones at Arlington Cemetery.
