Arlington Cemetary is dedicated to soldiers who lost their lives due to war. Arlington Cemetary is a very sad, quiet , and calm place filled with thousands of deceased war soldiers that did important things in wars. We visited the cemetary on July 7, 2009.
Robert E. Lee's house is still there, looking as beautiful as ever. We also saw a fountain with words over it explaining more of the beautiful things the army has done.
We also noticed all the tomb stones were the same color. A lot of the tombstones were little and only some were big and a lot of the big ones had only names and no dates.
A little history of Arlington Cemetary is that Robert E. Lee lived there and a general from the north said,"I'm going to bury all the bodies on your land, because you did this and we want you to feel ashamed." The name came to be Arlington because that is what Lee named his house.
The Cemetary was established after the Civil War. We went to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The tomb was established to honor an unknown soldiers who died during the line of duty, hence the name.
There were two guards and a commander giving commands. We noticed the 2 two guards were moving at the exact same time and showed no emotion.
The commander and one guard left leaving only one, this process is called the changing of the guards. Everyone was also quiet out of respect for the unkinown soldier.
If you don't respect the army you should visit Arlington Cemetary to find out what these people who lost there lives for you did. It is a very historical place to honor anyone who died in the line of duty.
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