Arlington National Cemetery Research Paper
Arlington National Cemetery
Nick Kobaladze 4/6
Arlington National Cemetery was originally a living memorial for the Washington’s (George Washington’s) family. It was constructed by George Washington Parke Custis, George Washington’s adopted grandson. Custis hired George Hadfield as an architect who had designed the capitol building. The building started with the north wing of the mansion which was completed in 1802. The project went on until about 1818 when the mansion was complete. However after a failure to pay the property taxes the property was confiscated by the federal government and was offered for public sale Jan. 11, 1864. It was purchased by a tax commissioner who designated it to be used for "government use, for war, military, charitable and educational purposes." But on June 15 1864 General Montgomery C. Meigs established it as a national military cemetery. Today Arlington National Cemetery is …show more content…
However, Arlington has a special meaning the men and women buried here were veterans, soldiers or family of such service men. It serves as a way for the serviceman’s family to honor and remember him as a hero of America; as is every body buried under all of those headstones which stretch for acres across the beautiful scenery. Yet this cemetery isn’t only full of graves, there are many memorials and monuments such as the Civil War Unknowns Monument, Iran Rescue Mission Monument, Infantry Division Monument, and President John F. Kennedy Gravesite just to name a few. This cemetery was built to be the final resting place of honorary American service men which include nurses, astronauts and other groups directly servicing the United States of
Nick Kobaladze 4/6
Arlington National Cemetery was originally a living memorial for the Washington’s (George Washington’s) family. It was constructed by George Washington Parke Custis, George Washington’s adopted grandson. Custis hired George Hadfield as an architect who had designed the capitol building. The building started with the north wing of the mansion which was completed in 1802. The project went on until about 1818 when the mansion was complete. However after a failure to pay the property taxes the property was confiscated by the federal government and was offered for public sale Jan. 11, 1864. It was purchased by a tax commissioner who designated it to be used for "government use, for war, military, charitable and educational purposes." But on June 15 1864 General Montgomery C. Meigs established it as a national military cemetery. Today Arlington National Cemetery is …show more content…
However, Arlington has a special meaning the men and women buried here were veterans, soldiers or family of such service men. It serves as a way for the serviceman’s family to honor and remember him as a hero of America; as is every body buried under all of those headstones which stretch for acres across the beautiful scenery. Yet this cemetery isn’t only full of graves, there are many memorials and monuments such as the Civil War Unknowns Monument, Iran Rescue Mission Monument, Infantry Division Monument, and President John F. Kennedy Gravesite just to name a few. This cemetery was built to be the final resting place of honorary American service men which include nurses, astronauts and other groups directly servicing the United States of