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The Pentagon building in Arlington is the largest office building in the world.
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Arlington National Cemetery.
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1864 - June 15 – Arlington National Cemetery is established in the United States
when 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the grounds of Robert E. Lee's home Arlington House are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
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June 15, 1864
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1895 - Arlington
Arlington, a post-village of Alexandria co., Va., on the Washington & Ohio Railroad, 5 miles N.W. of Alexandria, and 3 miles from Washington, D.C. It has 3 churches. Near here are two national cemeteries, containing the graves of nearly 16,000 soldiers.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1916
Arlington, a post-village of Alexandria co., Va., on the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric R., 5 miles NW. of Alexandria and 3 miles from Washington, D.C. Near here is a beautiful National Cemetery, containing the graves of about 18,000 soldiers. The place was the property of George... Read MORE...
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1941 to 1943 - Pentagon Built
1941-1943 - Pentagon built in Arlington. The construction of the Pentagon was ordered by Brigadier General Brehon Sommervell. It was to consolidate 17 War Department buildings and cost $83 million dollars.
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1943 - January 15 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
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January 15, 1943
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