Alexandria National Cemetery

Name: Alexandria National Cemetery
Address: 1450 Wilkes StreetAlexandria, VA 22314, Old Town
Telephone: (703) 221-2183

Rows of white gravestones are neatly arranged in a cemetery, bordered by trees and a stone wall, with modern apartment buildings visible in the background.

Rows of white gravestones fill a large cemetery enclosed by a white picket fence, with trees and a building visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

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One of 12 sites created and dedicated by President Lincoln in 1862 to serve as military burial grounds. The cemetery holds some 3,500 graves of Civil War soldiers, including U.S. Colored Troops and four men who lost their lives chasing Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.