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In Arlington National Cemetery lie thousands of soldiers who gave their lives in armed conflicts.
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NARRATOR: In Arlington National Cemetery, directly opposite Washington, D.C., lie the remains of thousands of soldiers who gave their lives in armed conflicts.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorializes the unknown dead who fought in World War I and in other wars since.

In West Potomac Park, at the far end of the Washington Mall that stretches before the Capitol, stands the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. On the black granite V-shaped structure, designed by Maya Lin, are engraved the names of more than 58,200 persons missing or killed in the Vietnam War.
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