We found a small outdoor chapel during our
walk around the Cemetery.
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Arlington Cemetery
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Arlington Cemetery
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Arlington Cemetery
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Arlington Cemetery
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Arlington Cemetery
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The Washington Monument as seen from
Arlington Cemetery
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Arlington House
This is the former home of Robert E. Lee.
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Washington D.C. as seen from Arlington
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Washington D.C. as seen from Arlington.
Here you see the Lincoln Memorial.
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The Washington Monument as seen from
Arlington House. If you look closely,
you can see a color change in the stone used
in the monument. The stone before the color
change was standing at the time of the Civil War.
After the war, construction continued. Before the
war, Lee could sit on his porch and look down
on D.C. and see the beginnings of this monument!
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The Capitol Building as seen from Arlington
House
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The Jefferson Memorial as seen from
Arlington House
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Washington D.C. as seen from Arlington House
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Needlework inside of Arlington House
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This is a chair that Robert E. Lee would
have actually sat in. In fact, some suggest that
Lee signed his surrender in this chair. Lee was
left handed and the incorrect table is propped
up on this writing chair.
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Selina Gray was a slave at Arlington.
She was responsible for the house after it was
evacuated. She protected the treasures of the
house from destruction and from the looting
of the union troops. The treasures of the house
included a lot of Washington Heirlooms.
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee was a
granddaughter of George Washington.
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