Arlington Cemetery

I always imagined the cemetery before ever being there, but upon seeing it for the first time no amount of past thoughts could ever have taken the initial wow away. Grave after grave, in thousands of rows it was as if death was staring right back at me. If I closed my eyes I could envision the young men and women on the battle field, their loves ones anxiously awaiting back home. The generations of heroes, the history of many- all in one field. To the unknown soldier we say.

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