A biography was written about grand aunt Kak as a school project by Brennan A. Allen.

Arlington Mansion and 200 acres of ground immediately surrounding it were designated officially as a military cemetery in 1864.  More than 300,000 people are buried at Arlington Cemetery, including veterans from all the nation's wars, from the American Revolution through Iraq and Afghanistan. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900.  The federal government dedicated a model community for freed slaves, Freedman's Village, near the current Memorial Amphitheater in 1863. More than 1,100 freed slaves were given land by the government, where they farmed and lived during and after the Civil War. They were turned out in 1890 when the estate was repurchased by the government and dedicated as a military installation. In Section 27, are buried more than 3,800 former slaves. Their headstones are designated with the word "Civilian" or "Citizen."

Arlington National Cemetery is administered by the Department of the Army. Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) and the grounds in its immediate vicinity are administered by the National Park Service.  The flags in Arlington National Cemetery are flown at half-staff from a half hour before the first funeral until a half hour after the last funeral each day. Funerals are normally conducted five days a week, excluding weekends.  Funerals, including interments and inurnments, average 28 a day. With more than 300,000 people buried, Arlington National Cemetery has the second-largest number of people buried of any national cemetery in the United States. Arlington National Cemetery conducts approximately 6,400 burials each year.  The Tomb of the Unknowns is made from Yule marble quarried in Colorado. It consists of seven pieces, with a total weight of 79 tons. The Tomb was completed in 1932. (Adapted from: ArlingtonCemetery.org). Details on ceremony arrangements are available from the Cemetery.

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a view of the graves at Arlington National Cemetery

01fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Entrance foyer in Administration Building of Arlington National Cemetery	02fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The full schedule of the Arlington National Cemetery
03fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Friends and family gather prior to the cemetery	04fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Friends and family gather prior to the cemetery
05fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The Parking lot at the Administration Building	06fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The limosines waiting for the family in front of the Administration Building
08fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg A flyover by Canadian geese at Arlington National Cemetery	10fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery
11fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg A view of the US Navy honor guard at Arlington National Cemetery	12fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Preparing the ashes for transport by the horse-drawn caisson
13fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Preparing the ashes for transport by the horse-drawn caisson	14fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Preparing the ashes for transport by the horse-drawn caisson
15fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Preparing the ashes for transport by the horse-drawn caisson	17fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The horse-drawn caisson moves towards the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
18fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The horse-drawn caisson moves towards the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	21fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The horse-drawn caisson moves towards the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
23fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The horse-drawn caisson moves towards the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	25fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The horse-drawn caisson arrives at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
26fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The horse-drawn caisson arrives at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	27fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The honorguard stays in the background at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
28fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The ashes are carried from the horse-drawn caisson to the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	29fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The horse-drawn caisson leaves the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
30fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The US Navy gun salute squad  near the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	31fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The formal ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
32fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	33fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
34fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	35fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
36fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	37fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg The flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
38fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Presentation of flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	39fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Presentation of flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
40fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Presentation of flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	41fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Presentation of flag ceremony at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
42fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Inurnment at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery	43fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Inurnment at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
44fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Ensign Everett, following the path of "Aunt Katharine" and "Uncle Frank".	45fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Temporary inurnment identifier at the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery
46fullhonorsfuneralarlington.jpg Final resting place for Catain and Commander Maugans (USN, ret,)Up the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery

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