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- Publisher: Walker & Company
- Number of Pages: 320
- ISBN: 0802715486
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113399767
- Release Date: October 27, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #5531 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #249 in History Books (See Top 100 History Books Bestsellers)
- #10 in Africa - Central (See Top 100 Africa - Central Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery" by Robert M. Poole to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery"Browse more products related to "Robert M. Poole"Review"[A] gracefully written, often deeply affecting history...." "Robert Poole recounts the somewhat shameful origins of what would become a national treasure, going on to tell Arlington's story down to the present day....Arlington's later history, as told by Mr. Poole in graceful and dignified prose, is more inspiring." Publisher's noteDocuments the founding of the monument cemetery on the former family plantation of Robert E. Lee, revealing how the site once intended for the burials of indigent soldiers became a national resting place of honor throughout the subsequent century. The story of how Arlington National Cemetery became a venerable monument to service and sacrifice. "On Hallowed Ground "opens with the long-delayed funeral of four servicemen, brought home for final honors at Arlington National Cemetery almost forty years after they disappeared in Vietnam. To understand how this tradition of extraordinary care for our war dead began, Robert Poole traces the founding of Arlington Cemetery on what had been the family plantation of Robert E. Lee. After resigning his commission in the U .S. Army, Lee left Arlington to command the Army of Northern Virginia. Arlington, strategic to the defense of Washington, D.C., became a U .S. Army headquarters and a cemetery for indigent Civil War soldiers before Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton made it the new national cemetery. Initially, there was no honor in being buried at Arlington; this began to change after the war, as the Union gathered thousands of hastily-buried casualties from nearby battlefields and reinterred them at Arlington, where they received the honors of a grateful nation. But the rites, rituals, and reverence associated with Arlington evolved over the next hundred years, paid through the blood of those who fought in the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Cold War, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Iraq and Afghanistan. Robert Poole paints an intimate, behind-the-scenes picture of the history and day-to-day operations of Arlington National Cemetery, America's most sacred ground. If You Enjoy "On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery (Hardcover)" by Robert M. Poole (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Africa - Central Bestsellers
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