Arlington
— — the white rows the country comes back to.
Not only on a wall.
“A Virginia county directly across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., and the resting place of more than four hundred thousand American servicemembers at Arlington National Cemetery. The cemetery rises from the river to the porch of Arlington House on the ridge, white headstones running in long ordered rows down the slope. Below the cemetery the county itself is twenty-six dense square miles of neighbourhoods and federal offices.
Arlington, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Arlington County occupies twenty-six square miles on the south bank of the Potomac River in northern Virginia, directly across from Washington, D.C. The land was originally part of the federal district, retroceded to Virginia in 1846. Today it is one of the most densely populated counties in the United States, with around two hundred and forty thousand residents and a working population that swells daily with federal and Pentagon staff. The Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery, Reagan National Airport and a long stretch of the Mount Vernon Trail all lie within county boundaries.
Arlington National Cemetery covers six hundred and thirty-nine acres on the hillside that rises from the Potomac to Arlington House, the Greek Revival mansion built by George Washington Parke Custis between 1803 and 1818 and later home to Robert E. Lee. The first military burial took place in 1864 on land seized from Lee's family during the Civil War; more than four hundred thousand servicemembers, veterans and family members have since been buried there. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, on the high ground east of the mansion, has been continuously guarded since 1937.
The cemetery is open daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no admission fee. The Metro stop, Arlington Cemetery on the Blue Line, opens at the front gate. The Welcome Center holds the gravesite locator; printed maps are available at the desk. The Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier runs every half hour from April through September and hourly from October through March. Photography is permitted; the cemetery asks for quiet and respectful dress, particularly in Section 60, where many post-2001 servicemembers are buried.