https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr en-us 2018-05-03 14:29:21 UTC 2025-10-01 22:15:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Events_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery_130527-G-ZX620-041.jpg/800px-Events_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery_130527-G-ZX620-041.jpg s8766952 https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257745775 This cemetery was founded in 1866 and built on the former grounds of the Arlington house. The cemetery is located in Arlington, Virginia and was home to Robert E. Lee, a confederate general, this estate used to be a plantation and contain sixty three slaves at the time. Arlington National Cemetery is the most famous cemetery in history, it does about thirty burials everyday and is open three hundred sixty five days out of the year. Arlington National cemetery is the country's largest and most famous cemetery, a grand total of about three hundred thousand veterans and soldiers lie there. Fallen soldiers or members of any type of military have been being buried there from all the way back to the Revolutionary war to our newest wars fought in Afghanistan. Some important figures that were buried there are William Howard Taft, John F. Kennedy (buried in section thirty and near section five), Pierre Charles L' Enfant; Revolutionary war veteran and planner of the new capital of Washington, Robert Edwin Peary; famed North Pole explorer, twelve Supreme Court justices, and nineteen astronauts.]]> 2018-05-03 16:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257745775 s8766952 https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257779271 This statue/grave is a representation of all the unidentified fallen soldiers from World War One, World War Two, Korean, and the Vietnam war. In this tomb there are four unidentified soldiers from four different wars (World War One, World War Two, the Korean war, and the Vietnamese war). On the "Tomb of the Unknown" are three Greek symbols which represent peace, victory, and valor. The fallen unknown soldier from World War One was put there in 1921. Unknown soldiers from World War Two and the Korean war were buried on May 30, 1958. Finally, the unidentified fallen soldier from the Vietnamese war was buried and awarded the Medal Of Honor on 1984 but later identified as Lieutenant Michael J. Blassie. The Medal of Honor is the highest U.S military declaration or award given by a member of congress that thinks the soldier is deserving.]]> 2018-05-03 17:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257779271 s8766952 https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257801837 Tomb of the Unknown]]> 2018-05-03 18:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257801837 s8766952 https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257874032 Arlington National Cemetery]]> 2018-05-04 00:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257874032 s8766952 https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257879026 1st site used for research]]> 2018-05-04 00:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257879026 s8766952 https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257879906 2018-05-04 00:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s8766952/vmltng1ivegr/wish/257879906