Arlington, Virginia (CNN) -- It may surprise the casual visitor at Arlington National Cemetery to see a rubber duck on a headstone or an old football helmet lying in the manicured grass of a fallen soldier's grave.
Mr. Patrick Hallinan, the superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, as well as his lovely wife Doreen.
For the first time the Army, which runs Arlington National Cemetery, is collecting many of the items left on the graves, cataloging them according to what grave they were left on and storing them for posterity.
And I thank you for the opportunity to lay a wreath today at Arlington National Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
In 1930, William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Beyond those monuments to heroism is the Potomac River, and on the far shore the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery with its row on row of simple white markers bearing crosses or Stars of David.
Among the honors he wore publicly, including in ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, were the Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Occupation Service Medal and the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross.
When the Army Times published a report six months ago on the increased number of waivers granted to otherwise ineligible people to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, the story sank like a stone.
President Bush has spent four of the past six Veterans Days at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Americans gathered at memorials, museums and monuments and the president laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day, as combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans dwindle.
Kennedy, the youngest and last-surviving brother of a heralded Kennedy generation, was laid to rest on a hillside at Arlington National Cemetery alongside his slain brothers, the late President John F.
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So she left him with his grandparents and spent part of the day at Ian's grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
General. (Applause.) I had the privilege of meeting this amazing woman at the Women in Military Service Memorial that occurred at Arlington National Cemetery -- when was that?
Divorced parents who met when they served at Arlington National Cemetery, they now live down the street from Fenton's teenage son and daughter.
There is no controversy, there is no uncertainty about the entitlement of that distinguished public servant to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
And I went to Arlington National Cemetery, and we had a ceremony in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a collection of Medal of Honor winners from all our various wars.
One, Debra Burlingame, whose brother was the pilot of the American Airlines plane that hit the Pentagon, said unidentified remains from those killed there were buried at an Arlington National Cemetery ceremony in September 2002.
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Mr. Sackett was at Arlington National Cemetery interring his father-in-law when he got the call.
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And I also want to salute another remarkable group of women who I know here today -- the women, who for nearly 40 years, have made sure that no American is ever buried alone at Arlington National Cemetery.
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