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Welcome
To The Unofficial Site Devoted To America's Most Hallowed Ground And To
The Heroes And The Pathfinders
Who Rest In Eternal Peace And Honored Glory There |
Arlington
National Cemetery has been closed to the public for both Saturday and Sunday
6
& 7 February 2010, due to extremely heavy snowfall in the Washington,
D.C. Metro area.
Funerals
scheduled for Monday, 8 January 2010, and Tueday, 9 February 2010, will
be held,
but
the Cemetery will continue to be closed to the public on each of those
days.
View Of The Tomb Of
The Unknowns From Section 7-A Of Arlington National Cemetery, Photo By
Holly, November 2008
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As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them . . Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning, We will remember them! |
We have suffered great loss. And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment." |
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may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom. |
In the sunlit springtime of our youth. Those who did not come back alive remain in perpetual springtime -- forever young -- And a part of them is with us always." |
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I have finished my course I have kept the faith. -- Timothy 2:4:7 |
falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. Click Here To Hear A Speech By Robert F. Kennedy which Includes This Poem. |
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Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. -- Scene 2, Romeo and Juliet |
If I should die and leave you here awhile, Be not like others, sore and undone, Who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep. For my sake - turn again to life and smile Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do Something to comfort other hearts than thine. Complete those dear unfinished tasks of mine And I, perchance, may therein comfort you. |
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not stand by my grave and weep ... I am not there;
I do not sleep. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds circling in flight. Do not stand by my grave and cry ... I am not there. I did not die. -- Royster
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 If
you were at all moved by the bravery and dedication of the United States
forces portrayed in the motion picture "Saving Private
Ryan," click on the logo to the left to help the National D-Day Memorial
Foundation formally remember those who sacrificed so much for us! |
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