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Army Announces Proposed New Criteria for Burial at Arlington
Air Force Magazine ^ | 9/25/2019 | Brian Everstine

Posted on 09/26/2019 10:46:35 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!

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To: Jumper

Only one president is at Arlington. JFK. I doubt most would go there when they have library grounds.


41 posted on 09/26/2019 12:28:38 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: DoughtyOne

McStain is NOT buried there he is buried at the academy!!! Politicians should NEVER stain this hollowed ground, corrupt SCUM should NEVER be allowed there EVER!!!


42 posted on 09/26/2019 12:28:58 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Jumper

And Taft. Google knows all. Lol.


43 posted on 09/26/2019 12:29:54 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Hardastarboard
I was going to say we could free up two spaces by removing Ted Kennedy and John McCain.

Ted alone would open up 3 or 4 spaces.

44 posted on 09/26/2019 12:45:03 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: GreyFriar
Lee Harvey Oswald served in the Marines.
45 posted on 09/26/2019 12:56:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: DoughtyOne

Except he is buried at The Naval Academy.


46 posted on 09/26/2019 1:00:45 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: taxcontrol

I will let you do the digging.


47 posted on 09/26/2019 1:01:51 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Alas Babylon!

My father is there- 33 years in the Army. I qualify, but have my plot all picked out and paid for here near home. I approve of the changes; someone with a day, a week, a month, even a year of active duty doesn’t belong there unless they performed some heroic act or benefited the service or the nation somehow.


48 posted on 09/26/2019 1:03:26 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Thanks to you and others that reminded me of that.

Okay, I limit my disdain to the grounds and patriots tainted by that jackass being buried there.


49 posted on 09/26/2019 1:26:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I am sure there are some jerks buried there.


50 posted on 09/26/2019 1:37:28 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I’m sure there are in both areas.

Very few of them probably reach the level of McCain.


51 posted on 09/26/2019 1:47:19 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

YEARS ago, a Marine Colonel told us a story about motivation.

In Arlington they stack the coffins one atop each other due to limited space.

The groundskeepers dug a hole deep enough for five caskets, then called it a day.

That night, after the bars closed, a drunk stumbled through the place and fell into the hole. He tried to get out for the next half hour, then failed and crapped out in a corner.

Soon another drunk came by and fell into the hole, waking the up the first drunk, who watched as the second guy tried to jump out again and again.

“Buddy, you ain’t ever getting out that way” he said.

The guy cleared the hole in one jump, as as far is known, is still running.


52 posted on 09/26/2019 1:47:54 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: DoughtyOne

Isn’t Ted Kennedy buried at Arlington?


53 posted on 09/26/2019 2:58:52 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (It's Ok to be white.)
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To: MSF BU

And he enlisted before he could be drafted, because there was a shooting war on and the draft was still alive and well.


54 posted on 09/26/2019 3:01:40 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: treetopsandroofs; Alas Babylon!

I pulled up ANC on google maps and used the photo feature. It reveals that the areal shown at the top of the photo you posted, between Patton and Jessup is part of the existing AND and is filled with veteran’s graves.


55 posted on 09/26/2019 3:15:52 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Celerity

No traitors like Ted Kennedy.


56 posted on 09/26/2019 3:21:59 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: imardmd1

Hi Imardmd1, My father was cremated here in Boston, his remains and flag were given to the Navy, my mother put a few stiches on the flag before handing it over. They taped the service which was also held for a few more veterans. They gave my mother a tape, map, a letter from the ship’s commander. The same flag was returned.


57 posted on 09/27/2019 8:02:56 AM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: EvilCapitalist
Yes Ted is buried at Arlington. Source

As a matter of fact so is John F. Kennedy, and also Robert Kennedy.

John and Robert I don't mind so much, them being assassinated. Ted is another issue entirely for me. NO!

Joseph Kennedy Jr. is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, in the United Kingdom. Source

58 posted on 09/27/2019 8:44:31 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Rock Creek Park Golf Course, East Potomac Park Golf Course and Langston Golf Course are all .gov golf courses. They would all make fine cemeteries.

Arlington National Cemetery has never been a honest custodian. They were stacking vets like cordwood in graves a few years ago.

59 posted on 09/27/2019 6:31:01 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: PeteB570
If nothing else it did accumulate. Not too much to spend on in a war zone. I put mine primarily into Nucor, Phillip Morris, Exxon and P&G; overall not too bad.
60 posted on 10/01/2019 5:17:04 AM PDT by MSF BU
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