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Much of the text here is taken from the official website at http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/anc_facts.html

As a work of the U.S. Federal Government, this should be a public domain resource. The Anome

"The fact that 189 of the victims were Americans made the bombing the worst act of pre-9/11 terrorist violence."

does this mean that if 189 of the victims were NOT americans (and does this include canadians, mexicans, brazilians, argentinians), it would not have been the worst act of pre-9/11 terrorist violence?

I understand your concern, but I think it was meant to refer to the worst pre-9/11 attack against americans (as in US citizens, which is another debate). I've tried to clarify it. Ddye 20:40, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

1 interred / buried
2 history
3 Graphic clean-up
4 Amphitheater

[edit] interred / buried

Arlington is running out of space, and it has now become more difficult to get oneself actually buried at ANC. Instead, the gov't is focusing on cremated remains and has built large columbariums to that effect. As such, I have changed two uses of the word "buried" to "interred" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=interred), and one incorrect use of the word "interned" (the latter meaning "to confine"). I think in a few other cases, it could be changed, but I'll leave that to somebody more familiar with the article. Avriette 16:32, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] history

Its amazing to me there isn't a history section here, the part about taking Lee's estate to make it a cemetary for the dead is part of american lore. I might write it later on, but don't have time now. 12.9.33.203 19:28, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graphic clean-up

I've cleaned up the article layout by limiting the number of image sizes to only 2; locating most images on the right; moved images closer to the text describing them. I've alphabetized the random list of notable civilian burials, and rewritten some of the captions to give more background. CApitol3 15:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Amphitheater

It says in the article that the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater is modeled on Greek and Roman amphitheaters, however amphitheaters are strictly part of Roman architecture. I shall remove the "Greek" part. Albo NL 19:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

My rather young Dutch (which is also my own mother tongue, since I live near Antwerp) friend, the Greek also had them already though. Extremely sexy 21:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

An amphitheater is a "fighting arena", and only know among Romans. The Greek played box, and this game was often performed in open fields (but never in an amphitheater, I'm sure). There were no amphitheaters in "Greece". The theater you must be talking about is the theatre, wich is a place for actors (only male by the way) to parttake in dramas. This type of theater was, among other cultural features, directly adopted (from the Greeks) into common Roman life. Albo NL 21:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I always learnt about "Greek amphitheaters" at school, and I followed Greek and Latin at secondary school, hence. Extremely sexy 21:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Tu quoque, Bartus?:P You must know that thát is no reasoning. Ik houd voet bij stuk. Uw Nederlandse vriend 18:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

LOL, but still no proof for this. Extremely sexy 18:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

My rather Flemish friend, please check http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overleg_gebruiker:Bart_Versieck. Albo NL 20:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Goed: dan zal ik daar even kijken. Extremely sexy 22:10, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

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