This picture was taken just inside the Arlington National Cemetery.  As you can see, once you pass the gates of the cemetery, you are heading towards Washington D.C.  In the distance, you can see the Lincoln Memorial.

This is a snapshot of some of the blooming trees within the cemetery.  The day we went was a perfect day with cloudy blue skies and a nice mild temperature.  We got around the cemetery by a tram that took us from site to site.  That saved us a lot of walking.

This is another section of the cemetery.  It was really beautiful the way all the stones were laid out and sprinkled with all types of trees between them.  It was very peaceful there.

Here are some of the brave walkers that decided to hike up all the hills to the sites instead of taking the tram.  We were so tired this day from all of our other adventures, we figured the tram ride was well worth the small fee.

This is a prime example of how beautiful this area is in springtime.  Here is a bunch of trees in full bloom at the cemetery.  We saw trees like this all over Washington D.C.

This is a picture of the Civil War section of the cemetery.  Since there weren't any dog tags or means of identifying the soldiers in those days, most of these grave stones simply say "unknown" on them.

This is the nurses section of the cemetery.  Here lies all our brave nurses from the various wars who gave their lives saving others.  A statue of the patron saint of nurses stands over all the headstones in this section.

This is a picture of the tomb of the unknown soldier.  Inside this tomb, a guard stands watch 24 hours a day and every so often there is a changing of the guard ceremony.  We did not get to see the changing of the guard, but we heard it was very exciting.

This is the gravesite of all the brave men that lost their lives in the Spanish American War when their ship was destroyed.  This ship was the one that started the Spanish American War.  Its Mast and crow nest stand here as a reminder of the tragedy.

This is another section of the cemetery.  Everywhere you looked there were trees in bloom and flowers.  The tulips were all in bloom while we were in D.C.

This is a good representation of what we saw in the cemetery.  Row after row after row of white grave stones.  They say that Arlington National Cemetery will be filled up by the year 2025 and at that time will be closed to new burials.

This is a picture of the Vietnam section of the cemetery.  It was really something to see.

Here are some more of the many rows of grave stones at the cemetery.

Here is another snapshot of the cemetery.

This is the grave stone of Abner Doubleday, the founder of the great game of baseball.

This is a picture of one of the monuments inside the cemetery.  If you look close you can see all the tulips that are in full bloom around the outdoor garden.

Here is another picture of the miles of grave stones inside the cemetery.

No matter where you looked, there were white stones planted everywhere.  I think it would be really hard to find a person you were looking for in here without a map.

This is a snapshot of another of the memorials inside the cemetery.  This one was called the women's memorial.

this snapshot was taken from inside the tram car of the cemetery landscape.  the blurry spot in the center of the picture was a smudge on the glass window of the tram.

This is another section of the cemetery with the tomb of the unknown soldier in the distance.

here is a snapshot of even more of those white gravestones and the monuments nearby.

Once again, some more gravestones.

Lastly, here is a picture of the pentagon taken from inside the cemetery.