446 mi - about 7 hours 4 mins (up to 8 hours 10 mins in traffic).

Boston, MA, USA to Arlington National Cemetery
1. Head southwest on Tremont St toward School St 0.8 mi
2. Turn right to stay on Tremont St 299 ft
3. Take the 1st left to stay on Tremont St 469 ft
4. Turn right at Marginal Rd 180 ft
5. Continue onto Arlington St/Cortes St 384 ft
6. Take the ramp onto I-90 W
Partial toll road 54.9 mi
7. Take exit 9 to merge onto I-84 W toward US-20/Hartford/New York City
Partial toll road
Entering Connecticut 41.7 mi
8. Slight left at CT-15 S (signs for CT-15 S/I-91 S/Charter Oak Bridge/N Y. City) 1.1 mi
9. Continue onto US-5 S 1.5 mi
10. Take exit 87 for Brainard Rd toward Airport Rd 364 ft
11. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for I-91 S 0.1 mi
12. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Interstate 91South/New Haven/New York City and merge onto I-91 S 35.5 mi
13. Take exit 1 for Connecticut W toward Dowmtown/New Haven 0.2 mi
14. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for I-95 S/N.Y.City and merge onto I-95 S
Entering New York 70.0 mi
15. Slight right at George Washington Bridge/Interstate 95 Lower Level S
Entering New Jersey 2.6 mi
16. Continue onto I-95 S (signs for I-80/Hackensack)
Partial toll road 71.0 mi
17. Continue onto New Jersey Turnpike S 49.7 mi
18. Continue onto US-40 W 0.6 mi
19. Merge onto I-295 S
Partial toll road
Entering Delaware 5.5 mi
20. Take the I-95 S exit toward Newark/Baltlmore 0.7 mi
21. Follow signs for I-95 S/Del. Turnpike/Baltimore and merge onto I-95 S
Partial toll road
Entering Maryland 59.6 mi
22. Continue onto I-895 S
Partial toll road 10.6 mi
23. Take exit 4 to merge onto MD-295 S toward Balt Pkwy/Wash Pkwy/Bwi Airport 27.4 mi
24. Take the exit onto New York Ave NE/US-50 W toward Washington
Entering District of Columbia 4.9 mi
25. Slight right at M St NW 0.1 mi
26. Take the 2nd left onto 4th St NW 292 ft
27. Continue onto Dwight D Eisenhower Fwy 1.5 mi
28. Merge onto I-395 S via the ramp to Richmond
Entering Virginia 2.7 mi
29. Take exit 8A to merge onto VA-27 S/S Washington Blvd toward S Arl Ridge Rd 1.1 mi
30. Take the VA-244 E/Columbia Pike ramp to Navy Annex 400 ft
31. Turn right at S Columbia Pike/VA-244 E 0.1 mi
32. Turn left at S Oak St 0.1 mi
33. Turn left at S Southgate Rd 0.2 mi
34. Turn right toward Hobson Dr 0.1 mi
35. Turn left at Hobson Dr 0.1 mi
36. Hobson Dr turns right and becomes Carpenter Rd 0.3 mi
37. Turn right at McNair Rd 0.5 mi
38. Turn right at Meigs Dr 0.3 mi
39. Turn right at Sheridan Dr
Destination will be on the right 0.1 mi
Arlington National Cemetery
214 McNair RdArlington, VA 22211, United States

• Any active-duty member of the Armed Forces (except those members serving on active duty for training only).
• Any veteran who is retired from active military service with the Armed Forces.
• Any veteran who is retired from the Reserves is eligible upon reaching age 60 and drawing retired pay; and who served a period of active duty (other than for training).
• Any former member of the Armed Forces separated honorably prior to October 1, 1949 for medical reasons and who was rated at 30% or greater disabled effective on the day of discharge.
• Any former member of the Armed Forces who has been awarded one of the following decorations: Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, or Purple Heart.
• The President of the United States or any former President of the United States.
• Any former member of the Armed Forces who served on active duty (other than for training) and who held any of the following positions: An elective office of the U.S. Government, Office of the Chief Justice of the United States or of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, An office listed, at the time the person held the position, in 5 USC 5312 or 5313 (Levels I and II of the Executive Schedule), The chief of a mission who was at any time during his/her tenure classified in Class I under the provisions of Section 411, Act of 13 August 1946, 60 Stat. 1002, as amended (22 USC 866) or as listed in State Department memorandum dated March 21, 1988.
• Any former prisoner of war who, while a prisoner of war, served honorably in the active military, naval, or air service, whose last period of military, naval or air service terminated honorably and who died on or after November 30, 1993.
• The spouse, widow or widower, minor child, or permanently dependent child, and certain unmarried adult children of any of the above eligible veterans.
• The widow or widower of: a member of the Armed Forces who was lost or buried at sea or officially determined to be missing in action, a member of the Armed Forces who is interred in a US military cemetery overseas that is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission, a member of the Armed Forces who is interred in Arlington National Cemetery as part of a group burial.
• The surviving spouse, minor child, or permanently dependent child of any person already buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
• The parents of a minor child, or permanently dependent child whose remains, based on the eligibility of a parent, are already buried in ANC. A spouse divorced from the primary eligible, or widowed and remarried, is not eligible for interment.
• Provided certain conditions are met, a former member of the Armed Forces may be buried in the same grave with a close relative who is already buried and is the primary eligible.

Three types of people can be buried in Arlington National Cemetery

1.People who have served in the armed forces and are killed in action.

2.You have served in the armed forces for a certain amount of years and have retired, making you eligible to be buried there.

3.You can be a family member to someone who has been killed in action or be a family member to someone who has served, retired, and died. Making you eligible to be buried with your relatives.