12-11-2011, 11:33 AM
Those are lovely.
It would be cool to be buried in Robert E. Lee's front yard.
Arlington was the inherited home of Lee's wife. The land originally belonged to her father, who was Martha Washington's grandson. He was adopted by George Washington after his father died. The property was stolen from the Lees at the beginning of the Civil War. They never got it back.
I would like to visit the graves of Chaffee and Grissom (Ed White is buried at somewhere else), Grace Hopper, and Jackie O. The Columbia and Challenger crews are also there. Your parents are in good company.
In the small Confederate section, the graves are labeled with CSA (Confederate States of America). I still don't think that was a bad idea (states' rights, didn't need to be a big ol' war about it, damn).
I'm not sure I would walk around Arlington, though, because most of the graves look the same (like all military graveyards).
It would be cool to be buried in Robert E. Lee's front yard.
Arlington was the inherited home of Lee's wife. The land originally belonged to her father, who was Martha Washington's grandson. He was adopted by George Washington after his father died. The property was stolen from the Lees at the beginning of the Civil War. They never got it back.
I would like to visit the graves of Chaffee and Grissom (Ed White is buried at somewhere else), Grace Hopper, and Jackie O. The Columbia and Challenger crews are also there. Your parents are in good company.
In the small Confederate section, the graves are labeled with CSA (Confederate States of America). I still don't think that was a bad idea (states' rights, didn't need to be a big ol' war about it, damn).
I'm not sure I would walk around Arlington, though, because most of the graves look the same (like all military graveyards).