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No more burials at Arlington in 25 years? Famed cemetery is running out of space

By: Claire Barrett, March 31, 2017
WASHINGTON -- When Arlington National Cemetery was established in 1864, it served as an overflow for other Washington, D.C.-based burial grounds overburdened by the rising tide of Civil War casualties. 

More than 150 years later, the site has become a national shrine to the sacrifices of American military members, and faces the opposite problem: Diminishing space at the northern Virginia site could force veterans’ families to choose other locations for their loved one’s final resting place, if changes aren’t made in coming years.

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/arlington-cemetery-space-problems-eligibility-rules
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