Photograph of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day
5/30/1961
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This photograph shows a section of the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Memorial Day, May 30, 1961. The cemetery, administered by the Department of the Army, was designated an official military cemetery in 1864. More than 300,000 veterans from all of the nation’s wars are buried there.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.
National Archives Identifier: 595671
Full Citation: Photograph of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day; 5/30/1961; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/photograph-of-arlington-national-cemetery-on-memorial-day, January 13, 2025]Activities that use this document
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