Name ______________________________
Class _____________
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY: FIELD OF HONOR
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Viewer Guide
1. After the introduction, the DVD shows us soldiers
guarding the Tomb of __________________
__________________ at midnight.
2. The first “Unknown” died in battle in __________
He was followed by “Unknowns” from WWII, Korea, &
_________________________ .
3. The soldiers being trained, are being trained to guard
the ____________________________
4. How many funeral services are held at Arlington
Cemetery daily? ______________________
5. Typical services will be for veterans from WWII,
Korea, & Vietnam… but the most challenging funeral of the day will come last. Why?
______________________________________________________________
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS GUARD PREPARATION
6. How long did it take for the one guard to shine his shoes? ___________________
7. The soldiers pay such close attention to detail because they represent 250 million Americans who are saying,
“Thank you”, to those who have not only lost their lives, but also lost their ____________________________.
8. The tradition of a caisson
burial goes back to which war? _________________________
9. Today, a caisson burial at Arlington is an honor
reserved for ________________ and recipients
of the ___________________________
THE HISTORY OF ARLINGTON CEMETERY
10. The original owner of the property where Arlington
Cemetery now sits was the adopted grandson of
_____________________________
11. The next owner of the property and the newly built
Arlington House was the famous Civil War general,
_____________________________
12. Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union force that would suppress the rebellion, but he told the
general of the army, Winfield Scott, that he could never take up arms against __________________
and he turned the offer down.
13. Does Private Keith Brown pass the rigorous 50-point inspection? _______________
14. The Arlington Ladies prevent any family member
from going through a funeral _____________.
15.Which war was going on when the first soldiers were
buried in Arlington? ___________________
16. In whose yard (rose garden) were those first soldier’s
buried? __________________________
17. What do pilots and air-crewmen receive at their
funerals? _________________________
18. By the end of the Civil War, over ____________
dead were buried on the Arlington estate.
19. There was no glory in being buried in Arlington, until
in 1899 when 150 sailors from the explosion & sinking of the battleship _____________________
were buried here.
20. In 1909, _______________________________________ became the first President to be
buried in Arlington.
21. But the one event that made Arlington a prestigious cemetery was the burial of President ____________
________________________ in 1963.
22. His grave is marked with _________________________.
23. What does ”USCT”, marked on some Civil War graves, stand for?
_____________________________________________
24. Once posted, the sentinel’s walk is guided by the number ______. Even the
length of his pauses are a function of the number ________.
25. Private 1st Class Keith Brown is the ___________ awardee (How many?) to
wear the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’s Badge.
26. Of the first 1000 soldiers killed in the War
were buried in Arlington.
in Iraq, about ___________
27. Michael Stack was a Sgt. Major in the Special Forces and was killed _______
___________________.
28. This Arlington Cemetery
grave pictured here, belongs to
which famous American?
_________________
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