Two nine-foot-tall, decorative marble urns from Arlington National Cemetery will go up for sale at an auction house. Preservationists want to know how urns landed in private hands.Arlington Cemetery Urns Turn Up On Auction Block, But How'd They Get There? -- Washington Post
Grand and ornate, the 9-foot-tall, decorative marble urns for decades flanked the stage of Arlington National Cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater, adjacent to the Tomb of the Unknowns.
Next weekend, however, the urns, designed by the same firm that built the New York Public Library and the Russell Senate and Cannon House office buildings, will stand not at the forefront of one of the nation's most venerated shrines but rather are set to be up for sale at the Potomack Company, an Alexandria auction house.
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My Comment: Add another example on how lousy the administrators have been at Arlington Cemetery.
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Yet another article about mismanagement at Arlington. Still waiting for someone to explain how Metzler and Higginbothom get to enjoy their unimpeded retirements after what they have done to this national treasure. When will these articles come to an end, and when will someone take these two to task? Enough already. www.cemops.com
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