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Custis Washington's plantation
Started off 1100 acres pg 11 -
Arlington House construction begins
Starting off with 1100 acres bought by John Parke Curtis in 1778. pg 11 -
Mary Custis marries Robert E. Lee
pg 11 -
Lee joins Confederates
pg 34 -
Virginia secedes
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Freedman's village setup
pg 52 -
Montgomery C. Meigs sanctions Arlington to be a military burial ground
Meigs was a Unionist Brevet Major General who was put in charge of Arlington. He acted as a principal architect -
Meigs designs large memorials
"Bigger meant better" pg 74 - 75 -
First white marble headstones replace wooden crosses
mid 1870's
pg 83 -
Headstones engraved with name and state of serviceman
pg 84 -
Freedman village cleared
Added 142 acres. pg 99 -
56 acres added
pg 99 -
Meigs improves roads, gates and appearance of Arlington
pg 99 -
More improvements
"Workers relocated graves, paved new roadways, reseeded grass, and built new stone walls" pg 129 - 130 -
WWI Tomb of the Unknown Soldier completed
pg 152 -
Tomb of Unknown Soldier replaced
Steps added and river view restored. pg 170 - 171 -
Restoration of Lee Mansion completed
Gardens and landscape redesigned to original early Republican style by Charles Moore. pg 167 -
200 acres added from Fort Myer
pg 189 -
President John F. Kennedy buried
In a 600sq foot plot with an eternal flame. pg 213 and 219 -
New Kennedy memorial finished
pg 227 -
70 acres added
Roughly 624 acres in total
