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Monday, November 12, 2012

Photos: Obama Marks Veterans Day With Wreath-Laying at Tomb of the Unknowns

President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day.

President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2012. Below are the Prsident's full remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, as released by the White House. The ceremony began at 11:36 a.m. Sunday:  Thank you so much.  Please, everybody, be seated. Good morning, everyone.  Thank you, Secretary Shinseki, for a lifetime of service to our nation, and for being such a tireless advocate on behalf of America’s veterans, including your fellow Vietnam veterans.  To Rick Delaney; to Vice President Biden; to Admiral Winnefeld; Major General Linnington; our outstanding veteran service organizations; our men and women in uniform – Active, Guard and Reserve - and most of all, to …

Sunday, February 26, 2012

VIDEO: Black History at Arlington National Cemetery

Cemetery, U.S. National Park Service highlight African-American contributions to local, regional and national history.

Arlington National Cemetery this month hosted a tour that specifically highlighted the contributions of African-Americans to the history of the region, the Civil War and the United States in general. The two-hour tour was packed with a wealth of information and included stops at the former site of Freedman's Village, the historic slave quarters at Arlington House and Section 27, the site where blacks were buried when the cemetery officially opened. At the time, burials were segregated. Sixty-three slaves worked the Custis-Lee family's Arlington plantation before the land was established as the cemetery, including a man named Jim Parks. Parks later became a gravedigger at the cemetery and the federal government gave special permission for …

Jody

5:41 pm on Saturday, March 3, 2012

I agree with Joe. The emphasis on diversity doesn't make us stronger, it just divides us.   more ›

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