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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Arlington National Cemetery – Firsts of the heart


As Memorial Day approaches, it is significant to note that today, on May 13, in 1864; the first soldier was buried at Arlington House, also called the Custis-Lee Mansion. We now know the property as Arlington National Cemetery and it is now the revered final resting place of over 320,000 stories of the heart.

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The history of Arlington Cemetery before it was officially designated as a national cemetery on June 15, 1864, by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, is of additional interest as it is steeped in the history of the families of some of America’s more memorable historic namesakes.

Read the entire column here: Arlington National Cemetery – Firsts of the heart

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3157

http://tinyurl.com/r88gd8

Photo credit: 1864 May: Arlington, Va. Brig. Gen. Gustavus A. DeRussey (third from left) and staff on portico of Arlington House. MEDIUM 1 negative : glass, wet collodion. CALL NUMBER LC-B817- 7215 REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-DIG-cwpb-03890 DLC (digital file from original neg.) LC-B8171-7215 DLC (b&w film neg.) SPECIAL TERMS OF USE No known restrictions on publication. PART OF Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0756

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