Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, VA) : The John F. Kennedy Memorial (completed in 1971, by architect I.M. Pei)
- Creator:
- unknown (American)
- Published/Created:
- Arlington, Virginia, United States
1864-present - Date Depicted:
- 7/1/2001
1850 AD - 1899 AD - Materials:
- glass
granite
marble - Notes:
- Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Custis Lee, a descendant of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. More than 300,000 persons are buried here on 624 acres (2.53 sq km). Veterans from every one of 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. The Tomb of the Unknowns is also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It stands on top of a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. and is is part of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, completed 1921.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Nineteenth century
Twentieth century - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-US-DC-AC-D3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
cemeteries (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; death or burial; military; war construction complexes; cemeteries Tomb of the Unknown; amphitheater; tombstone
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
7/1/2001 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10096593
- PID:
- digcoll:1799335