Arlington National Cemetery

A visit to Arlington National Cemetery reminds us of the price of our freedom. That seems particularly appropriate a few days before an important national election. It's a quiet, even reverent place with thousands of headstones marking the graves of many of those who have served.

Arlington also includes a reverent spot where John Kennedy, his wife Jackie, and two of their infants are buried.  We were reminded that the Kennedys lost a baby just a few months before the President was assassinated. Robert Kennedy's tomb is also close by. The guards were insistent that visitors remain quiet and reverent near these graves. A number of members of the Kennedy family visited the graves while we were at Arlington.

The Tomb of the Unknowns--see the inscription--is impressive.  We witnessed a "reflagging" ceremony while there.  That involves placement of a wreath near the tomb in a spectacular but solemn ceremony which ends with the playing of Taps.