On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

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Overview

More than just a fascinating account of how Arlington came into being at the end of the Civil War, On Hallowed Ground also tells the story of America as reflected in her greatest national cemetery. The history of the land on which the cemetery is built is as varied as our nation's, evolving from its earliest days as Robert E. Lee's ancestral home to a Union headquarters, a haven for freedmen, and finally a burial ground. Robert Poole also shows how the landscape of Arlington changed along with our democracy. Originally segregated by race and rank, the organization of the plots alone tells a complex story.

Poole conducted new interviews exclusively for this audio edition of On Hallowed Ground, featuring a range of key players in the cemetery's history and day-to-day operations. He spoke with Wayne Parks, great grandson of the slaves owned by Robert E. Lee's family and the first cemetery groundskeeper; Gunnery Sergeant William J. Dixon, a Marine and Iraq war veteran who oversees the quality control of Marine funerals at Arlington; and Linda Willey, chairperson of the Arlington Ladies Committee for the Air Force, who makes sure that there is a civilian present at every Air Force funeral. Our edition of On Hallowed Ground features highlights from these and other interviews, as well as more exclusive material, including a rendition of "Taps" played by the Army's principal bugler.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441868220
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication date: 07/04/2010
Edition description: Unabridged
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 5.40(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Robert M. Poole is an editor and writer whose assignments for Smithsonian and National Geographic have taken him around the world. He is the author Explorers House: National Geographic and the World It Made, and is a contributing editor at Smithsonian. He lives in Virginia.

Robert M. Poole is an editor and writer whose assignments for Smithsonian and National Geographic have taken him around the world. He is the author Explorers House: National Geographic and the World It Made, and is a contributing editor at Smithsonian. He lives in Virginia.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Part I Disunion

1 Leaving Arlington 9

2 Occupation 22

3 "Vast Army of the Wounded" 37

4 First Burials 58

5 A Question of Ownership 76

Part II Reunion

6 "A Splendid Little War" 105

7 L'Enfant's Grand View 119

8 Known but to God 133

9 A Time to Build Up 160

10 "We Are All in It-All the Way" 176

11 The Nastiest Little War 194

Part III The Nation's Cemetery

12 "I Could Stay Here Forever" 209

13 The Last Unknown 230

14 War Comes to Arlington 251

15 Taps 263

Epilogue 269

Benediction 271

Acknowledgments 273

Appendix I Arlington Chronology 277

Appendix II Regulations for Burial 287

Notes and Sources 289

Index 343

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