Arlington House Museum
Arlington House North Slave Quarters
Arlington House South Slave Quarters
Arlington House gift shop and restrooms
- Your purchase at the book and souvenir shop supports this and other national parks.
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
- Arlington House is the nation's memorial to Robert E. Lee. It honors him for specific reasons, including his role in promoting peace and reunion after the Civil War. In a larger sense it exists as a place of study and contemplation of the meaning of some of the most difficult aspects of American History: military service; sacrifice; citizenship; duty; loyalty; slavery and freedom.<br /><br />Architect: George Hadfield
Information Panel: A Place of Division and Reunification
Information Panel: Cherish these forest trees
- Only 12 original acres of mature forest, known as Arlington Woods, survive today.
Information Panel: Division And Reunification
Information Panel: Evolving Vision
Information Panel: Hallowed Ground
- Arlington National Cemetery began when Civil War casualties overwhelmed area cemeteries. Three years after the Lees fled their home, Quartermaster Montgomery Meigs orders the bodies of Union soldiers to be stratetigally buried around Mrs. Lee's Garden.
Information Panel: Long Haul
Information Panel: Paying Tribute
Information Panel: Piecing the Past Together
Information Panel: Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Information Panel: Platforms of Power
Information Panel: The Gray Family
Information Panel: The Path to Freedom
Information Panel: Trophy of War
Information Panels: A Symbol of Union, A Symbol of Reconciliation
Old Administration Building of Arlington National Cemetery
- This site once functioned as the administrative offices for Arlington National Cemetery. Earlier still, George Washington Parke Custis kept his stables here. The original structures are mostly lost, but the current building resembles their photographs. It serves as a ranger office. There are no public facilities.