This all-new, definitive history of Arlington National Cemetery is told with the dignity, respect, and pageantry that is due one of America's most honored and deeply revered sites. Historian and nationally recognized educator, Philip Bigler has created a classic as he presents Arlington to the reader. Completely up to date with expanded coverage on ceremonial units, including the caisson platoon; the Women in Military Service Memorial; the identification of the Vietnam Unknown; September 11; the war on terrorism; the war in Afghanistan; the war in Iraq, the Columbia; and other new developments since the publication of the third edition in 1999.