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Grave Affairs:Arlington National Cemetery and the Politics of Death and Honor
Micki McElyaAssistant Professor of HistoryUniversity of ConnecticutNovember 7, 2011
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At center, the Tomb of the Unknowns and Memorial Amphitheater. Photo credit: Minot Air Force Base, stock image
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Photo credit: http://www.army.mil
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“It has been said that Arlington is the heart of the republic.”
—Arlington: In Eternal Vigil (2006)
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Photo credit: Arlington National Cemetery, stock image
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Postcards from Cemetery Gift Shop 2008
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Mathew Brady, “Long Row of Blacks Reading from a Book
Outside at Contraband School, or Freedman’s
Village,” (1865).
Harper’s WeeklyMay 7, 1864
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Spanish-American War Memorial, 1902 (left)
Spanish-American War Nurses Memorial,1905 (right)
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U.S.S. Maine Memorial, 1912 (left)
Confederate Monument, 1914 (right)
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Fritz Guerin, Little Cuba (1898) Gettysburg Reunion, July 3, 1913
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Burying the Unknown Soldier of WWI, 1921
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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“It has been said that Arlington is the heart of the republic.”
—Arlington: In Eternal Vigil (2006)
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Heather Lynn Johnsen, Tomb Sentinel, March 22, 1996.Photo credit: Mark Wilson, Associated Press
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Unknown, Grave 449, Section 68, 2009Photo credit: www.salon.com