Arlington Cemetery

<Tab/>Arlington National Cemetery, located in Arlington, Virginia, is home to the graves of over 275,000 people. It is the second-largest national cemetery in the country, and it conducts an additional 5,400 burials each year. The numbers are somewhat overwhelming when one takes into consideration that almost every person buried in the cemetery was a member of the armed forces or closely related to someone in the armed forces. The cemetery spans a …

…swift gusts of wind. Having gone to Arlington Cemetery has helped me to better understand the history of our country. After gazing across the vast landscape covered with a countless number of tombstones, I realize what our country has gone through in order to achieve all that it has achieved today. I feel the trip was well worth my time, and I would recommend it to anyone who has not yet been to Arlington Cemetery.