Arlington Cemetery is a cemetery in the Drexel Hill neighborhood of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania.
Arlington Cemetery is a cemetery in the Drexel Hill neighborhood of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania.
The Arlington Cemetery Company was founded in 1895. [1] [2] The cemetery occupies roughly 130 acres (0.53 km2). [1] on State Road in Drexel Hill, Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Arlington Cemetery now consists of the Mount Vernon Office, Topitzer Funeral Home, Williamsburg Chapel, The Underground Railroad Museum, The Museum of Mourning Art, The Garden Mausoleum, The Monticello Mausoleum, and a greenhouse. [1] In addition, the cemetery itself is divided up into about 18 sections, each individually named. [2]
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