On Hallowed Ground
On Hallowed Ground opens with the long-delayed funeral of four servicemen, brought home for final honors at Arlington National Cemetery almost forty years after they disappeared in Vietnam. To understand how this tradition of extraordinary care for our war dead began, Robert Poole traces the founding of Arlington Cemetery on what had been the family plantation of Robert E. Lee. Initially, there was no honor in interment at Arlington as it served as simple military burial ground, but the rites, rituals and reverence associated with the cemetery evolved over the next century, paid through the blood of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Robert Poole paints an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of America’s most sacred ground.
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Walker & Company ( October 27, 2009 )
Item #: 76-7474
ISBN: 9780802715487
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.86 inches
Product Weight: 16.0 ounces
good book
January 21, 2010
I GOT THIS BOOK FOR MY MAN HE RELLEY LIKE READING HOLLOWED GROUND
Reviewer: monkey
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