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James edmonds patton world war i. but here vincent deangelo world war ii. korea. vietnam. command historian steve carney is the current keeper of the history at arlington national cemetery and many of its stories. dating back to the first burial here during the civil war. is this essentially where the cemetery then began? starting with private christman? the war dead from the civil war started bringing them to this site. reporter: how quickly did this cemetery start to expand at that point? kind of where we re standing up to the crest of this ridge. all these burials were conducted here between may 13th and june 14th of 1864. on june 15th of 1864 we officially become a national cemetery. reporter: graves then were made of a thin piece of wood with a name carved into it. marble markers were installed in ....

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