# How much space is left at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery?

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**Created:** [February 1, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-space-is-left-at-arlington-natl-cemetery/390409 "2007-02-01T14:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![happywaffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-space-is-left-at-arlington-natl-cemetery/390409/1 "2007-02-01T14:01:13Z")

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Aren’t they running out of room by now? Seems like at some point - when that happens, anyway - they’d start restricting who could be buried there.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-space-is-left-at-arlington-natl-cemetery/390409/2 "2007-02-01T14:08:40Z")

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> **[U.S. Department of Defense](https://www.defense.gov/)**
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> The Department of Defense is America's largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the department has grown and evolved with our nation.

Maybe cremation will become the default process to get in? We can only hope.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-space-is-left-at-arlington-natl-cemetery/390409/3 "2007-02-01T17:41:02Z")

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My great uncle will be buried there in the same grave that now holds his son and wife. So they definately use the graves for multiple bodies.

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-space-is-left-at-arlington-natl-cemetery/390409/4 "2007-02-01T18:06:00Z")

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[QUOTE=happywaffle]  
Aren’t they running out of room by now? Seems like at some point - when that happens, anyway - they’d start restricting who could be buried there.  
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They long ago restricted who could be buried there and under what conditions. [Cite](http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/funeral_information/index.html).