# Arlington Cemetary

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlington-cemetary/539>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 1999, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlington-cemetary/539 "1999-05-31T14:37:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 1999, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlington-cemetary/539/21 "1999-06-02T10:53:00Z")

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If you will allow me one last thing…  
Yes, of course my feelings for my father (as well as for the rest of our veterans) did weigh heavily on me. The original question was “should a ‘second’ Nat’l cemetery be built elsewhere?” and I was responding “not only ‘should be’ but ‘are being’.” I still don’t understand your “vehement disapproval” of these additional constructs, as not every dead soldier can be buried at Arlington no matter how much land they buy. I still wonder if we are confusing the concept of “prestigious gravesite” with “honoring our veterans.”

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