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Arlington ceremony honors Monitor sailors 150 years later
Families from Maine to California attend a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery for two unknown Monitor crewmen found in 2002. DNA testing offered only a 50 percent link to one man. officials stress the tribute honors all 16 Union sailors who perished when the USS Monitor sank near Cape Hatteras after the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads.
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Richmond
USS Monitor
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Monitor
Maine
California
Arlington
Andy Bryan
Holden
Margaret
William Bryan
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Bryan
Diana Rambo
Fresno
Calif
Jane Nicklis Rowland
Jacob Nicklis
Rowland
Rambo
Nicklis
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Merrimack
Rhode Island
Navy
Barbara “Bobbie” Schelley
Schelley
Annapolis
Mariners’ Museum
Newport News
David Alberg
Alberg
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Maritime Heritage Program
Hatteras