ARLINGTON CEMETERY, Arlington Cemetery

Hello, my name’s Marcy, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world, Arlington National Cemetery, which, while not strictly within the District of Columbia–but rather in Virginia–is considered to be part of the visit to the city.

Arlington Cemetery is utterly unique and is the final resting place of those who died in wars fought by the United States, dating from the American Civil War to current conflicts. It is quite unlike any other cemetery because there are no decorative differences to the graves. They are all free from special distinctions or ranks and feature identical gravestones that are laid out in neat rows.

Once a year, on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day, a United States flag is placed on every grave.

The cemetery is divided into seventy sections, one of which is dedicated to victims of terrorism, one to nurses and another to war chaplains, while Confederate soldiers from the South who died in the American Civil War are buried in a special area....