Arlington National Cemetery and its Memorial Day heritage
Arlington Virginia stands as the nation’s memorial heart with the first Memorial Day rites in 1868 under General Logan. It chronicles Arlington’s rise from Custis and Washington family ties to a national cemetery after Civil War burials including the Unknown Soldier, with Arlington’s enduring role in American memory and leadership.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
John A. Logan
Grand Ary of the Republic
James A. Garfield
Bull Run
Arlington
William Berkeley
Charles II
John Cabot
Robert Howser
Arington
Howser
Alexander
Tobecco
John
Gerald Alexander
Potomac
John Parke Castle
Pations
John Parke Custis
Daniel Parke Custis
Martha Dandridge
Williamsburg
Old Dominion
Martha Parke Custis
Custis
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Mary Lee Fltzhugh
Lee Mansion
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Hig H
Bank of the United States
France
Lafayette
Columbia
Pocahontas
Charleston
McDowell
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M. C. Meigs
Rappahannock
Arlngton
National Cemetery
Congress
United States Army
Robert Edward Lee
Ariington House
George Washington Custis Lee
Lee
Army
Supreme Court
Arlington House
California and National Politics Weigh on 1930s Rivers of Power
In Washington and California observers analyze the 1930s Republican gains and New Deal fault lines. They warn California’s 22 electoral votes may swing as Roosevelt faces party shifts, with McNary blocking a Pacific Northwest power plan and fears over League of Nations credibility rising.
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California
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Golden Gate
Pacific Coast
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Alf M. Landon
Landon
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Hearst
Herbert Hoover
Frank F. Merriam
Hearst-Merriam
Kansas
London
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Merriam
Hoover
Vandenberg
Knox
Borah
J Roosevelt
National Resources Committee
TVA
Pacific Northwest
Congress
Oregon
Charles L. McNary
Portland
Bonneville
Dern
Agriculture Wallace
Commerce Roper
Perkins
Charles E. Meriam
Charles W. Elliott
Pennsyyvania Avenue
McNary
Senate
Jim Farley
League of Nations
League
Geneva
Ethiopia
Italy
China
Japan
Germany
Rhineland
Sggres Sof
Tinly
Britain
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Benedict Calvert
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Lord Baltimore
Young Custis
Yorktown
Colonel Bassett
Eltham
Eleanor Parke Custis
George Parke Costin
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Mount Vernon
Arlington Lands
George Washington Parke Custis
G. W. P. Custis
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Martha Washington
Arlington Lawn
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Washington Irving
John Howard Payne
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By Ruby Haskins Ellis