Section 60 Arlington National Cemetery

For families and friends it is a place to grieve to honor to remember and to find comfort and community with others who have.
Section 60 arlington national cemetery. Section 60 in arlington national cemetery is the final resting place for young men and women who died fighting in iraq and afghanistan. It has been called the saddest acre in america it is also one of the most sacred. Section 27 us colored troops 20.
Instead section 60 in arlington national cemetery just across the potomac river from washington d c is the final resting place of the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in america s. The other numbers represent the sections of the cemetery. Arlington national cemetery is the third of a trilogy of collaborations between the filmmakers and hbo that capture the costs of the current wars.
Iwo jima memorial 21. And receive directions to these locations the latest version also includes self guided tours easy access to general information and provides the. Section 60 in fact picks up where baghdad er left off.
View front and back headstone photos and points of interest. Pierre charles l enfant 17. For service members killed in action in operation enduring freedom and operation iraqi freedom and interred in section 60 arlington national cemetery has been conducting a program to address families desires to leave mementos at their loved one s gravesite and to ensure the safeguarding of historically significant items.
Arlington national cemetery s app anc explorer enables families visitors and the public to locate gravesites events or other points of interest throughout the cemetery. Arlington national cemetery with preparations for memorial day when thousands of families come to visit those buried in the 624 acre cemetery legions of rolling thunder motorcyclists patrol the streets with fluttering pow flags and service members place miniature flags before each of arlington s graves. President william howard taft 18.