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Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia , is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lee 's home. It is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. , next to the present day location of The Pentagon , and is served by the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system. Veterans from all the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Revolution through the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq . Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900. Arlington National Cemetery and U.S. Soldiers' And Airmen's Home National Cemetery are administered by the Department Of The Army . All other National Cemeteries are administered by the Department Of Veterans Affairs , or the National Park Service . Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) and its grounds are administered by the National Park Service as a memorial to Robert E. Lee . TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS ]] The Tomb Of The Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery is also known as the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier and has never been officially named. The Tomb of the Unknowns stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. One of the more popular sites at the Cemetery, the Tomb is made from Yule marble quarried in Colorado. It consists of seven pieces, with a total Weight of 79 Short Ton s (72 Metric Ton s). The Tomb was completed and opened to the public April 9 , 1932 , at a cost of $48,000. It was at first the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier." Other unknown servicemen were later buried there, and the name became "Tomb of the Unknowns."
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