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I was surprised when I looked for an Arlington National Cemetery-themed podcast a few years ago and could not find one. Now, after procrastinating long enough, I have decided to make one myself. Do I know anything about podcasting? No. But I certainly have the skills necessary for audio recording and mixing, right? Absolutely not. Then again, when have I ever let having no experience or qualifications stop me from trying something new?! I'll tell you when, never... well, at least rarely. So here it is folks, the official Ghosts of Arlington Podcast announcement!

This Week's Ghosts of Arlington are:

1. US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark E. Stratton, III (Section 60, Grave 8840)
2. US Army Staff Sergeant Darrell Ray Adams, US Army (Section 55, Grave 1369)

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This week we talk a little about what Arlington National Cemetery looks like today, what the property started out as, and why a national cemetery was needed next to Washington, DC in the first place.

This Week's Ghosts of Arlington are:

1. George Washington Parke Custis (Section 13, Grave 6513)
2. Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (Section 13, Grave 6512)

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This week we discuss some of the firsts in Arlington's history - including the first burial, the first burial with family present, the first burial of a combat casualty, the first burial of a draftee, and the first officer burial. Included is also the history of arguably history's most famous bugle call, Taps.

This Week's Ghosts of Arlington are:

1. US Army Private William Henry Christman (Section 27, Grave 19)
2. US Army Private William H. McKinney (Section 27, Grave 98)
3. US Army Private William Reeves (Section 27, Grave 99)
4. US Army Private William Blatt (Section 27, Grave 18)
5. US Army Captain Albert Packard (Section 26, Grave 5203)

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First off, there is a partial retraction (or at least a semi-correction) of last week's story of the origin of Taps... that didn't take long! Then, after years of unsuccessful attempts to recover the property and buildings of the former Arlington plantation, the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Lee family. So, what is the US Government going to do with the 20,000 military members interred there?!

This week's ghosts are some of the former slaves who became known collectively as Freedmen and came to live on the former-Arlington Plantation:

1. Danella Warris
2. Betsy Hunter
3. Juley Fitzure
4. Stephen Young
5. Frank Docket
6. Ben Johnson

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After the Supreme Court ruled that Custis Lee was the legal owner of Arlington and the US Government was forced to give the property back, how did it end up back in government hands?

This week's ghost of Arlington is:

1. Army First Lieutenant John Meigs, the 22-year-old son of the father of Arlington National Cemetery, General Montgomery Meigs (Section 1, Grave 1-SH)

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This week's episode is the first of a two-part story about the life of Brevet Major General Montgomery C. Meigs,, covering his birth to just before the outbreak of the Civil War, with a major focus on his two most enduring pre-war engineering projects: The Capitol Expansion and Dome, and the Washington Aqueduct project.

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This is the second of our two-part story about the life of Montgomery Meigs. Many people with high-profile positions in the US Civil have praised Meigs as an unsung hero of the Civil War, saying without his expert management of Union logistics, the war could have had a very different outcome. He continued to leave his mark on Washington, DC after the war - overseeing the growth of Arlington National Cemetery, the expansion of the Smithsonian Institution, and his "Big Red Barn."

This Week's Ghosts of Arlington are:

1. US Army Brevet Major General and Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs (Section 1, Grave 1-EH)
2. Louisa Rodgers Meigs (Section 1, Grave 1-EH)

For more information, including links to stream the show and pictures from these two major construction projects, visit the GoA website: https://www.ghostsofarlingtonpodcast.com

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First off, an apology. For some reason, the audio got wonky in the final third of the show. I cleaned it up the best I could but as I have said before, I really don't have any idea what I'm doing when it comes to this. This week we talk about the Spanish American War and the approval to bury Confederate dead in the cemetery.

This week's Ghost of Arlington are:

1. The USS Maine Memorial
2. Brevet Major General (and former Confederate Lieutenant General) Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (Section 2, Grave 1089)

Also, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for helping me spread the word word about my show on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MountainUpCapCompany

For more information, including links to stream the show and pictures from these two major construction projects, visit the GoA website: www.ghostsofarlingtonpodcast.com