Thinking about booking your next trip to Washington, DC? the largest military cemetery in the United States? Located in Washington, DC, there are more than 400,000 military veterans buried here, as well as some immediate family numbers. Because the majority of people who are laid here in their final resting place have given their lives in the name of freedom, the cemetery is open every single day of the year so people can come in and pay their respects.

Up to 30 funerals still take place at ANC every week.

Who’s Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a must see when visiting the cemetery, which is there as an acknowledgement to all of the unidentified soldiers who fought for the freedoms of the American people. The following is a list of some of the more well-known people buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

President John F. Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Edward M. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Todd Lincoln

William Howard Taft

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

World Champion Boxer Joe Louis

Adm. Joel T. Boone, U.S. Navy – Physician to Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover

Adm. Cary T. Grayson – Chairman of American Red Cross, physician to President Wilson

Anita Newcomb McGee, U.S. Army – First woman Army surgeon in 1898, and founder of the Army Nurse Corps in 1900

Major Walter Reed, U.S. Army – Pioneer bacteriologist

Jane Delano, U.S. Army – Pioneer in Army Nurse Corps before and during World War I. Headed the Red Cross.

Juliet Opie Hopkins – A Confederate nurse known as the ‘Florence Nightingale of the South.

Brig. Gen. Hazel Johnson-Brown, U.S. Army – 1^st African American female to attain a general officer rank in American military history

Adm. Richard Byrd – Arctic explorer, first man to fly over both poles, awarded Medal of Honor

John Wesley Powell – First person to explore the Grand Canyon

Finn Ronne – Polar explorer, discovered the Ronne Ice Shelf

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. David M. Walker – Astronaut

Capt. Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr. – Astronaut

The 7 astronauts who died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger Jan. 28, 1986:

Capt. Michael J. Smith, U.S. Navy

Lt. Col. Francis R. Scobee, U.S. Air Force

Dr. Judith A. Resnik

Lt. Col. Ellison S. Onizuka, U.S. Air Force

Mr. Gregory B. Jarvis

Dr. Ronald E. McNair

Mrs. Sharon Christa McAuliffe

Arlington National Cemetery Historical Sights

There are many historic sites to see when visiting Arlington National Cemetery, including the Arlington House and the Changing of the Guard.

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