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Creating layered landscapes with appeal throughout the four seasons …is one of the primary goals for any new Memorial Arboretum Planting at Arlington National Cemetery. Families and visitors can take in such landscapes at Millennium, near Columbarium Courts 10 and 11.
Currently, the linear beds are filled with robin’s egg colored fruit of Smooth Withered (viburnum nudum), and the lush oranges and yellows of the massive, billowy Bluestar (amsonia hubrichtii) are seen in the background.
Earlier this summer, the orange rays of the Black-Eyed Susan’s would have dominated the landscape. Yet by the time January arrives, the hidden evergreen Japanese Plum Yew (cephalotaxus) will be in full view once the leaves fall from the hardy shrubs.
What landscapes have you discovered at Arlington National Cemetery?
U.S. Army photo by Kelly Wilson Afficher la suite
In light of today being #NationalCatDay, we honor U.S. Air Service p…ilot Lieutenant Stewart W. Torney who is laid to rest in Section 2 at Arlington National Cemetery. Torney is seen here posing with his cat during World War 1.
Photo credit: National WWI Museum and Memorial Afficher la suite
#TodayIRemember Medal of Honor recipients, including U.S. Army Speci…al Forces Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II who was laid to rest yesterday in Section 60. More than 400 Medal of Honor recipients are represented at Arlington National Cemetery, ranging from the Civil War to current conflicts.
There are three different types of Medal of Honor today: the original star shape established in 1861, which the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard have retained; a wreath version designed in 1904 for the Army; and an altered wreath version for the Air Force, adopted in 1965. All three types are worn suspended below a neck ribbon.
On December 9, 1861, Iowa Senator James W. Grimes introduced a bill designed to "promote the efficiency of the Navy" by authorizing the production and distribution of "medals of honor." On December 21, 1861, the bill passed, authorizing 200 such medals to be produced "which shall be bestowed upon such petty officers, seamen, landsmen and marines as shall distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action and other seaman-like qualities during the present war" [the Civil War]. President Abraham Lincoln signed the bill, inaugurating the Navy Medal of Honor.
Two months later, on February 17, 1862, Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson introduced a similar bill to authorize the president "to distribute medals to privates in the Army of the United States who shall distinguish themselves in battle." The bill passed both houses of Congress, President Lincoln signed it, and on July 12, 1862, the Army Medal of Honor was established.
On August 10, 1956, legislation authorized the United States Air Force (established as a separate service branch in 1947) to create its own Medal of Honor. In 1965, the Air Force introduced its distinctive medal, which is similar to the Army's wreath design but larger and featuring the head of the Statue of Liberty.
Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for many Medal of Honor recipients from the following conflicts: Indian Wars, Civil War, Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion, Mexican Service Campaign (Vera Cruz), Haitian Campaign, World War I, Second Nicaraguan Campaign, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Earlier today, an Army Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony was conducted at the Tomb of the Unknown in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Guam, the Battle for the Northern Mariana Islands, and the War in the Pacific.
The wreath was laid by Congressman Michael San Nicolas of Guam, Congressman Gregorio Sablan of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam Community Leader and Founder of the Taotao Tano’ Cultural Dancers Francisco Rabo.
Congressman San Nicolas also met with ANC and Army National Military Cemeteries Executive Director Karen Durham-Aguilera and received a tour of the Memorial Amphitheater Display Room.
