It's Memorial Day weekend. That 3 day weekend were we are supposed to honor our fallen but really we spend it kicking off summer with beach trips and barbeques. We are nothing if not multi-taskers I guess.
It was in 2014 that Arlington National Cemetery Historic Park District was announced by the National Park Service.
The historic district was determined to be nationally significant in the following ways: 1) as America’s most sacred national cemetery and as a national memorial to the military history of the United States; 2) it contains the burials of persons of national importance, including presidents, Supreme Court justices and countless military heroes; and 3) as the final resting place of service men and women from the Civil War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it continues to serve as a national monument to the America’s war dead. National Park Serivce Press Release, April 2014
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