It became a military cemetery in 1864 and on May 13, 1864, a Confederate prisoner was the first soldier buried there.
The category was PRESIDENTS AT REST and the triple stumper question for $2000 wasThe first of 2 presidents buried at Arlington National Cemetery? William Howard Taft was the answer for the Christmas day puzzle in 2009.
She is buried with her first husband John, in Arlington Cemetery.
A fallen Union solider from the Civil War. Arlington had been the plantation of Gen. Robert E. Lee and he owed about 90.00 in back taxes. The government took the land because they required him to come home to pay the tax and he wouldn't leave his command. So, the first Civil War dead was buried in his front yard.
the first unknown soldier was buried there
William Henry Christman
There are more than 300,000 people interred at Arlington.
Taft was the first of only two US Presidents to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. The second is John F. Kennedy.
FIRST PERSON BURIED IN ARLINGTON ESTATE: MARY ANN RANDOLPH, SECTION 45 FIRST MILITARY PERSON BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY: PRIVATE WILLIAM HENRY CHRISTMAN, SECTION 27, 13 MAY 1864 FIRST OFFICER BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY: CAPTAIN ALBERT H. PACKARD, SECTION 26, 15 MAY 1864 PRESIDENTS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY: PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, SECTION 30; THE ONLY AMERICAN TO BE BOTH PRESIDENT AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, SECTION 45 FIVE STAR OFFICERS BURRIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY: GENERAL HENRY "HAP" ARNOLD, U.S. ARMY AND U.S. AIR FORCE, SECTION 34 GENERAL OMAR NELSON BRADLEY, U.S. ARMY, SECTION 30 ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY JR., U.S. NAVY, SECTION 2 ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY, U.S. NAVY, SECTION 2 GENERAL GEORGE CATLETT MARSHALL, U.S. ARMY, SECTION 7
There are 2 : William H. Taft (27th President) and John F. Kennedy (35th President).The 27th President, William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was the first former President to be buried at Arlington (across the Potomac from Washington DC). Taft died March 8, 1930 and was buried there on March 11.The only other President buried in Arlington is the 35th President, John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) . He was buried on November 26, 1963.
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The 27th President, William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was the first former President to be buried at Arlington (across the Potomac from Washington DC). Taft died March 8, 1930 and was buried there on March 11.The only other President buried in Arlington is the 35th President, John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).
That is an ongoing debate. There are 2 possible answers. One was US Navy, and also the first to be interred at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery. The other was Army. He too is buried at Arlington.