Our nation's most sacred shrine? More than, say, Independence Hall? Or the Statue of Liberty? The word shrine implies something religious or spiritual, in the sense that a shrine is a place where devotees worship the person, thing, or concept memorialized therein.

Lying across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery serves as the final resting place for casualties of war, veterans, and their spouses from the civil war to the present.
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Arlington National Cemetery - Across the Memorial Bridge in Virginia.

Cemetery -- a burial ground for those who have died. Arlington National Cemetery is America's most revered burial ground, which shows the Nation's history through the stories of those buried there.

Official website for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum, Washington DC. Includes online name search of fallen officers on Memorial, tributes, law enforcement history and facts, links law enforcement websites worldwide.

This is the official site of Arlington National Cemetery, maintained by U.S. Army Military District of Washington.

Critical review of and information about Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Educational information about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, from a former Sentinel.

Situated on 4.2 acres of land at the ceremonial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, the Women's Memorial is the nation's first major national memorial honoring women who have served in our nation's armed forces during all eras and in all services.