Here are some useful facts about the Arlington National cemetery gravesites: it is made up of 200 acres of ground around the Arlington mansion, these were designated as an official military cemetery in 1864. More than 300,000 people are buried at the cemetery. Veterans from all the nation's wars -from the American revolution to more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. The pre-civil war dead were reinterred after 1900. There is also a section for freed slaves, callee Contrabands during the Civil War. Their headstones are designated with the word “civilian” or “citizen.” Today the Arlington National Cemetery and Soliders Home National Cemetery are administered by the Department of the Army, whereas the Custis-Lee Mansion and the grounds in its imemdiate vicinity are administered by the National park Service.

Most people probably don't know that more than 4 million visitors pass through the Arlington national cemetery each year. Some come to pay their final respects at graveside services, of which nearly 100 are conducted each week, Monday thru Friday. To Get more information about the location of gravesites in the Arlington National cemetery,as your first stop on a visit to the cemetery, I recommend the visitors center, located by the entrance. It's useful for a bit of history and orientation, there visitors will find maps, guidebooks, exhibits, information services, a bookstores and restrooms. The cemetery does not provide wheelchairs or strollers, so if this is necessary you will need to bring your own. Here are the elements that make up the Arlington national cemetery: the memorial amphitheater, the tomb of the unknowns, monuments and memorials (from the eternal flame of the Kennedy grave and the mast of the USS Maine...), and so on.