Isn Arlington National Cemetery just for the military?
Over 200,000 Americans are buried within the grounds of Arlington Cemetery’s 612 acres, including generals and privates, presidents, politicians and civilians. Arlington National Cemetery is primarily a burial ground for the military, but contains memorials to civilians as well. One of the more recent is the Memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle victims, which contains the combined remains of the seven crew members, including Christa Mc Cauliffe, our nation’s first civilian teacher to be launched into space.
