That is a nice statement. My dad and I were at the river house this past summer and he relayed something to me that shocked me, as we were drinking a few and sitting on the pier. He wants to be buried at Arlington. He surely qualifies, a vietnam vet, was shot three times, and was honorably discharged from the Marine Corp as I was being born at Camp Lejeune Marine base. I told him I'd do what I can to make it happen.
The origins to the cemetery are interesting. It was Robert E Lee's mansion prior to the Civil War. Lee married Martha Custis--the step-granddaughter of Geo Washington, whose property overlooking the Potomac, was built on. Upon the breakout of the War, the Yanks wanted to "get even" with Bobby Lee and started to bury the dead on his plantation.
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