Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia

Located in Northern Virginia, Arlington National Cemetery is hallowed ground. The sign instructs visitors that the cemetery is our nation's most sacred shrine, for the bodies of more than 290,000 veterans and their families lie at rest within its 624 acres.

Photos and text © Gleaves Whitney 2005

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About 24 burials take place each weekday at Arlington National Cemetery.
The tomb of Robert Todd Lincoln, the only child of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln to survive into adulthood. The son of the 16th president had a distinguished career in the public and private sectors.
Robert Todd Lincoln interrupted his studies at Harvard to serve as a captain on the staff of General U. S. Grant.

Robert, a lawyer like his father, also became president -- of the Pullman Company.
Looking west toward William Howard Taft's grave site. Taft was not a war veteran but was the nation's 27th commander in chief. His father, Alphonso, served as secretary of war under President Ulysses S. Grant.
William Howard Taft is one of two former presidents buried at Arlington.
Looking northeast down Custis Walk.

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