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Grave Affairs:Arlington National Cemetery and the Politics of Death and Honor
Micki McElyaAssistant Professor of HistoryUniversity of ConnecticutNovember 7, 2011
At center, the Tomb of the Unknowns and Memorial Amphitheater. Photo credit: Minot Air Force Base, stock image
Photo credit: http://www.army.mil
“It has been said that Arlington is the heart of the republic.”
—Arlington: In Eternal Vigil (2006)
Photo credit: Arlington National Cemetery, stock image
Postcards from Cemetery Gift Shop 2008
Mathew Brady, “Long Row of Blacks Reading from a Book
Outside at Contraband School, or Freedman’s
Village,” (1865).
Harper’s WeeklyMay 7, 1864
Spanish-American War Memorial, 1902 (left)
Spanish-American War Nurses Memorial,1905 (right)
U.S.S. Maine Memorial, 1912 (left)
Confederate Monument, 1914 (right)
Fritz Guerin, Little Cuba (1898) Gettysburg Reunion, July 3, 1913
Burying the Unknown Soldier of WWI, 1921
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
“It has been said that Arlington is the heart of the republic.”
—Arlington: In Eternal Vigil (2006)
Heather Lynn Johnsen, Tomb Sentinel, March 22, 1996.Photo credit: Mark Wilson, Associated Press
Unknown, Grave 449, Section 68, 2009Photo credit: www.salon.com