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Originally Posted by Katie1
My mom was buried in Arlington 20 years ago. At the time I was told only Vets & Families with reserved spots can be buried there. I remember Every Year they sent mom a post card she filled out & mailed back. IF she re-married or Died & buried else were. Then her spot would go to another person/vet. Mom wasn't a Vet she was Married to one.
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More half-informed prattle from me . . . . I think that those with charge over Arlington (or maybe higher up) have tightened the requirements since your mom was buried, to extend the time that Arlington could still be used. I saw a wonderful documentary about Arlington on television a few years ago that was chock full of information like that, and I regret to say that I don't remember now the great majority of what I heard.
Anyway, so that we don't get completely off-topic, I'm sure that that is just one of many things someone would learn from listening to or reading the book that I posted. ha.
An incident that you might find interesting . . . . A neighbor of mine was a career soldier in Army Special Forces--I have forgotten what rank that he had attained when he retired. I didn't know him very long before he died of throat cancer. But, over and over again, he mentioned to me that he met all of the requirements, and was all set to be buried at Arlington when he died. It was almost like he was looking forward to it! All of his close family--wife, brothers, sisters knew what he wanted. Well, when he died, his family decided that he ought to be buried in a cemetery in the state here, so they could "go and see him more often," and that's where they buried him! On top of that, his wife didn't think that the rest of the family even cared enough about him to
ever go "see" him! The cemetery where he was buried is a national cemetery, but of course it is nothing compared to Arlington!