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Arlington at 150 — Celebrating America's Heroes

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By on Afghanistan, Arlington National Cemetery, Army, Iraq, Memorial service, NASA, Navy

Since the first military burial on May 13, 1864, Arlington National Cemetery has become the final resting place for more than 400,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and their families. Those who on Sept. 11, 2001, died only a few hundred yards away at the Pentagon are buried here, as are the Challenger astronauts. Fifteen thousand soldiers from the Civil War — Union and Confederate — rest in Section 27 and Section 13, known as the Field of the Dead. Four thousand freed slaves, many identified only as “Citizen,” and two presidents also are buried at Arlington. Section 60 is the…

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Two Civil War sailors to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

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By on Arlington National Cemetery, Historical, Navy

Two sailors who died during the Civil War will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery after being lost at sea for 151 years, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced Feb. 12. “These may very well be the last Navy personnel from the Civil War to be buried at Arlington,” Mabus said in a Navy news release. “It’s important we honor these brave men and all they represent.” The sailors died aboard the USS Monitor when it sank Dec. 31, 1862, during a storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., according to a Navy release. Sixteen total sailors died…

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Quarters K closes up shop

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By on Arlington National Cemetery, Navy, Pentagon, Photos

If you’ve worked at the Pentagon, you’ve probably bought gas at Quarters K. The Navy Exchange gas station and Quikmart near the Navy Annex in Arlington, Va., closed for good Friday, as part of a plan to expand neighboring Arlington National Cemetery. Quarters K served military members, retirees and drivers of government vehicles, as well as members of the public using compressed natural gas and ethanol pumps. A brochure given out at the station notes that the nearest Navy Exchange gas station is at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., about 30 minutes to the north. Those…

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