Arlington National Cemetery

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a national cemetery located in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington, D.C.: site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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How to use Arlington National Cemetery in a sentence

The president did not directly address the Texas drama during a Memorial Day address Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
After defeating restrictive voting bill, Texas Democrats send loud message: ‘We need Congress to do their part’|Amy Gardner|May 31, 2021|Washington Post
Playing under images of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknowns is an evocative piece of music written by the Field Band’s Master Sgt.
For Memorial Day, the U.S. Army Field Band evokes feelings of love and loss|John Kelly|May 30, 2021|Washington Post
I suggest that all Congressmen and Senators who are against this Bill visit my son’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery and, while there, think about what their hurtful decisions will do to those officers who will be there for them going forward.
A bipartisan January 6 commission is probably dead. Democrats have a backup plan.|Cameron Peters|May 29, 2021|Vox
The most recent canopy study from the urban suburb, released in 2017, showed the canopy “appears to be staying constant” at about 41 percent, excluding Reagan National Airport and Arlington National Cemetery.
Neighbors mount effort to defend Arlington’s trees from development|Justin Wm. Moyer|February 19, 2021|Washington Post

Instead, he will head to Arlington National Cemetery to pay respect to American soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for this country.
This Is Not a ‘Peaceful Transition’|Tracy Moran|January 20, 2021|Ozy
The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The procession continued on to the Cypress Hill Cemetery, where Ramos was buried the week before.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Opening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
His steps led him now not to the beach, but to the Cemetery of Rocklington, amid the potato-fields.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling