Some more old photographs. Strictly speaking, Arlington National Cemetery is outside Washington, on the other side of the Potomac River. The cemetery was established during the American Civil War on the land of the Arlington Estate that had been confiscated by the federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee’s family. The Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the cemetery with the centre of Washington, D.C.
Iwo Jima Memorial
To leave pebbles on a grave is originally a Jewish tradition, but in America it’s shared also by the Christians—at least in Arlington Cemetery where people of various faiths are buried side by side.
Arlington House, the historic mansion of General Lee
Two John F. Kennedys, the 35th president of the United States assassinated in 1963, and his son, John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in a plane crash in 1999.
View of the centre of Washington
Notices on tombstones usually include a symbol of the religion to which the deceased belonged. Freemasonry, strictly speaking, is not a religion, but markers with the Square and Compasses may also be found.
