Arlington Cemetery to Begin Expansion
posted 10:25 am Sun October 07, 2007 - ARLINGTON, Va.
Officials say the extra space will provide room for 14,000 ground burials and 22,000 inurnments in a large columbarium complex.
The project focuses on the northwest edge of the cemetery, and includes expanding into about 10 acres taken from the Army's adjacent Fort Myer.
The expansion comes on the heels of extensive work to utilize 40 acres of unused space in the cemetery, creating room for 26,000 more graves and 5,000 inurnments.
The expansions are partly in response to the deaths of members of the country's World War II generation. The steady death toll from Iraq and Afghanistan has added to the numbers.
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Information from: The Washington Post
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