Arlington National Cemetery

Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America and the president of the United States lives there. It can be say that the Washington D.C. is the capital city of the world. Washington D.C. is a rich and expensive city with beautiful architectures and nature, and respectful community and residents with high security services. I lived and visited many countries, also I visited some other states and cities in the United States, but the Washington D.C. was different than all of them. They spend a lot of money for the architecture, services, facilities and transportation. The visitors especially in the governmental building can see and feel the wealth and the money that they spend for building the buildings, that is what we really
The John F. Kennedy’s grave, Arlington house, the Canadian cross of sacrifice memorial, Iran rescue mission memorial and many more show the importance of the people who served and fought for the United States to their citizens. The Arlington National Cemetery is the biggest military cemetery in the United states and fills in as the last resting place for more than 400,000 military veterans and their close family from the fronts of Iraq and Afghanistan, and in addition World Wars I and II, the Korean clash, Vietnam, the Cold War and America's Civil War. Arlington National Cemetery is the home of notable destinations, including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is a tribute to unidentified fallen troopers who battled in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a vast white sarcophagus that is monitored twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year by Tomb Guard sentinels from the world class third United States infantry regiment. The Changing of the Guard custom an intricate, dismal function where a sentinel consistently assumes control watch obligation for the past sentinel happens each hour from October first-March thirty first and each half hour from April first-September thirteen. The gravesite of President John F. Kennedy is additionally on view at Arlington National Cemetery. At his burial service on Nov. 25, 1963, Jacqueline and Robert Kennedy lit an unceasing fire that remaining parts land today. Two of Kennedy's kids and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis are likewise covered nearby the president. Arlington House, the previous living arrangement of Robert E. Lee, sits on a slope sitting above the cemetery. Initially worked to be a living commemoration to George Washington, in 1864 the grounds were assumed control by the national government to fill in as an entombment site for Civil War troopers.