It’s strange for a cemetery to be a tourist spot, but in Washingtonnos USAo Arlington National Cemetery It is one of the places that must be visited in the city.
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
To get to the Arlington Cemetery, in Washington, it’s easy. There is a station subway already blue line which is named after the cemetery and is right in front of the site. After walking a little, you can see the entrance to the cemetery.
The cemetery is famous for having buried more than 300 thousand peoplemostly war veterans lived by the United States from the revolution to the Iraq War, astronauts and even the President John Kennedy and your family.
The place is huge and, I confess, I got lost there a few times. Because it is very similar and not so well signposted, it is difficult to locate.
Arlington Cemetery is beautiful and moving. Each tombstone bears the name of the soldier and in which war he died. It is not uncommon to find flowers among the tombs.
Although it is always full of tourists, the place is calm and silent.
KENNEDY’S TOMB
One of the most visited points in the Cemetery is the tomb where the President John Kennedy, his brothers, children and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy. There is an eternal flame there that was lit by Jacqueline at the president’s funeral.
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Another very visited point in the cemetery is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There are the bodies of three unidentified soldiers: one from World War I, another from the Korean War and another from World War II. There, there is always a soldier protecting the tomb and the guard changes every hour or every half hour, depending on the time of year.
Furthermore, the cemetery has a beautiful view of some of Washington DC’s tourist attractions.
ARLINGTON CEMETERY IN WASHINTON
Subway station of the same name on the blue line (near the Pentagon)
Opening hours: From April to September – 8am – 7pm | From October to March – 8am – 5pm (Open every day of the year)
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Adolfo Nomelini
Journalist graduated from PUC-SP and postgraduate in Communication in Digital Media, he is passionate about music, coxinha, television, his glasses and the internet. He has worked with online content for more than 15 years and spends much of his time “throwing his body out into the world, walking everywhere and, according to the natural law of encounters, leaving and receiving something.”
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