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Alexandria National Cemetery

Rows of white headstones fill a cemetery enclosed by a white picket fence, with trees and a distant building visible in the background under an overcast sky.
Rows of white headstones line a cemetery lawn with trees and a stone wall in the background; tall buildings are visible beyond the cemetery.
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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.