Nations Hollowed Ground
Aaron Allen
English121: English Composition I
Instructor: Dwight Paulsen
November 21, 2015
Nations Hollowed Ground
American veterans should be honored for many reasons, such as volunteering their life in order to protect the rights granted by the US Constitution, being part of an all volunteer force to go to war to keep our country safe, and holding your self to a higher standard and going above and beyond the call of duty in order to ensure the accomplishment of the mission.
Rolling green hills and scatted tress on 624 acres of land in Arlington, VA is the nations most hollowed ground, Arlington National Cemetery. This cemetery is home the resting place for some of our nations heroes and some from abroad. Having the honor of serving in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) station on Ft. Meyer, VA and performing funerals honors for 3 years here as well as having a fellow comrade buried here, this place holds a special place in heart. Every year at some point I make it point to come visit here and pay my respects.
Monday thru Friday the cemetery conducts an average of 27 to 30 funerals a day across all five branches of service Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Air Force each service providing their most prestigious units their honor guards. On Saturdays the cemetery host about 6 to 8 services a day. With the first ever funeral taking place in 1864 and continuing until this day, the cemetery is one of the oldest in the nation and second largest in the nation this cemetery is dedicated to active, retired, and former members of the armed forces, Medal of Honor recipients, high-ranking government officials, and their dependents. The cemetery is also home to The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (commonly referred to Tomb of the Unknown Soldier), The Arlington house memorial for Robert E. Lee, memorials for Space Shuttle Challenger as well...