George Washington Parke Custis acquired the land that now is Arlington National Cemetery in 1802, and began construction of Arlington House. The estate was passed down to Custis' only surviving child Mary Anna Custis Lee wife of Robert E. Lee, who was a West Point graduate and United States Army officer.The government had acquired Arlington at tax sale in 1864 for $26,800 after Mrs. Lee had not appeared in person to pay and the government had turned away her agent attempting to timely pay $92.07 in property taxes assessed the estate. In 1877, Custis Lee, heir under his grandfather's will passing the estate in trust to his mother, sued the United States claiming ownership of Arlington. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Lee's favor in 1882 that Arlington was confiscated without due process in 1864, Congress returned the estate to him. The next year Custis Lee sold it back to the government for $150,000 at a signing ceremony with Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War.
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great grand-daughter of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is served by the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system.
George Washington Parke Custis acquired the land that now is Arlington National Cemetery in 1802, and began construction of Arlington House. The estate was passed down to Custis' only surviving child Mary Anna Custis Lee wife of Robert E. Lee, who was a West Point graduate and United States Army officer.The government had acquired Arlington at tax sale in 1864 for $26,800 after Mrs. Lee had not appeared in person to pay and the government had turned away her agent attempting to timely pay $92.07 in property taxes assessed the estate. In 1877, Custis Lee, heir under his grandfather's will passing the estate in trust to his mother, sued the United States claiming ownership of Arlington. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Lee's favor in 1882 that Arlington was confiscated without due process in 1864, Congress returned the estate to him. The next year Custis Lee sold it back to the government for $150,000 at a signing ceremony with Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War.
As an active military cemetery, Arlington -- like all such cemeteries -- is administered by the National Cemetery Administration, which is part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The national cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia.
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is under the jurisdiction of the US Army.
Edward Kennedy got buried in Arlington national cemetery. In Arlington, Virgina!
No. Arlington National Cemetery is a military cemetery. Military cemeteries cannot be haunted and there is no way that they can be haunted.No.
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Arlington National Cemetery is a military cemetery which covers around 624 acres. It does not have a typical street address. The official address however is, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA 22211.
Arlington National Cemetery covers an area of 624 acres comprising about 300,000 grave sites.
The Arlington National Cemetery was completed on May 13, 1864. The Arlington National Cemetery is owned by the US Army.
U.S. Army Arlington National Cemetary Arlington, VA 22211
Arlington National Cemetery does not provide wheelchairs. You will need to bring your own personal wheelchair.
She is buried with her first husband John, in Arlington Cemetery.