No more Burials at Arlington in 25 years? Famed Cemetery is Running Out of Space

Officials say expansion projects won’t be enough, and new burial eligibility rules for veterans may be needed WASHINGTON — When Arlington National Cemetery was established in 1864, it served as an overflow for other Washington, D.C.-based burial grounds overburdened by the rising tide of Civil War casualties.   More than 150 years later, the site …

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