Civil War Tour at Arlington National Cemetery
Fri, Dec 20
|Arlington National Cemetery
Join us as master tour guide Craig Howell leads the Lincoln Group over hallowed ground on Columbus /Indigenous Peoples Day
Time
Dec 20, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Arlington National Cemetery , 1 Memorial Ave, Fort Myer, VA 22211, USA
About the Event
Tour director Craig Howell will take us on a mostly-level walk for about two hours around the cemetery sections closest to Arlington House (pictured above). Among the Civil War grave sites and memorials we'll discuss will be those for Philip Sheridan, Montgomery Meigs, Arthur MacArthur, James Tanner, George Crook, John Schofield, Horatio Wright, and Johnny Clem. Craig will also review the tortured history of Arlington House itself, the emerging family histories of its enslaved population, and the cemetery's original amphitheater with its adjacent tomb of more than 2,000 unknown soldiers.
To make your reservation, you must contact Craig at: craighowell1@verizon.net.
The tour itself is free to Lincoln Group members and guests. But because it's a long climb up to Arlington House, and because the quickest path is closed for repairs, most of us should plan on riding the hop-on/hop-off trams that start at the cemetery visitors center and circulate through…