Problems Possible With Nearly 65,000 Arlington Graves, Report Says -- Washington Post
After a year-long effort to account for every grave at Arlington National Cemetery, Army officials said Thursday that there might be problems, some as minor as typographical errors in paper records, with nearly 65,000 sites — or one-quarter of the graves at the nation’s most prominent military burial ground.
In a highly anticipated report, mandated by Congress last year after the discovery of misidentified remains, the cemetery cited monumental challenges in completing the task: missing Civil War-era logs, illegible headstones and burial procedures that changed significantly over the 150-year history of the site.
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Update #1: Army: Some Arlington Markers May Need Replacement -- ABC News/AP
Update #2: One of four Arlington graves still require verification -- USA Today
My Comment: I knew that it was bad .... but I did not expect it to be this bad.
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