Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Arlington National Cemetery
Image View:
Interior view of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial (dedicated 1997 and inside the Hemicycle; designed by N.Y. architects, husband and wife, Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi)
Creator:
unknown (American)
Location:
site: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Date:
1864-present (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Nineteenth century; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
cemetery
Classification:
architecture
Material:
marble; glass; granite
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; death or burial; military; war
Description:
Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Custis Lee, a descendant of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. More than 300,000 persons are buried here on 624 acres (2.53 sq km). Veterans from every one of the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Revolution through the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900. The Tomb of the Unknowns is also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It stands on top of a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. and is is part of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, completed 1921. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A2-US-DC-AC-E14
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Arlington National Cemetery