Who can be buried in Arlington National Cemetery?
With over 260,000 people interred there and over 5,400 new burials every year, Arlington is the second most-populated national cemetery in the United States and features one of the country’s largest columbariums to house cremated remains. In each of the columbarium’s four sections, there are 5,000 niches for remains, and the columbarium is expanding to house a total of 100,000 remains. According to the official Arlington National Cemetery site, any active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces or American veteran retired from active service is eligible for burial there. Veterans who are retired from the reserves are eligible for burial in Arlington if they served in active duty, reached the age of 60, and drew retired pay. Also,
