Over 245,000 servicemen and their family members rest on the 612 acres of Virginia land across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial.  About 20 burials are conducted every weekday.

Graves of President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and two of their children.  Cape Cod stones frame the eternal flame..."with history the final judge of our deeds..." a quotation from President Kennedy's inaugural address.	Robert F. Kennedy's grave
Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
Above is the salvaged mast of the USS Maine, sunk at Havana Harbor, Cuba, 1898, touching off the Spanish-American War.  Graves are those of the sailors killed.	Memorial Amphitheater

Buried here are:

John J. Pershing, W
"World War I's General of the Armies
Audie Murphy, most decorated WWII soldier
General George C. Marshall
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Civil War veteran and Supreme Court Justice
Richard E. Byrd, Jr., "Admiral and polar explorer, Medal of Honor
Joe Louis (Barrow), world heavyweight champion boxer, WWII veteran
William Howard Taft, President and Chief Justice.
Anita Newcomb McGee, organizer of Army Nurse Corps.

Memorial to the crew of the space shuttle Challenger
Iran Rescue Mission Memorial for servicemen killed in hostage rescue attempt.