--- title: Arlington National Cemetery: Photos of American Sacred Ground description: LIFE.com offers a series of quiet, reflective photos of Arlington National Cemetery by LIFE magazine's George Silk. canonical: https://time.com/3879832/arlington-national-cemetery-photos-of-american-sacred-ground/ author: Ben Cosgrove article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-13T18:25:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:42.663Z og:title: Arlington National Cemetery: Photos of American Sacred Ground og:description: LIFE.com offers a series of quiet, reflective photos of Arlington National Cemetery by LIFE magazine's George Silk. og:url: https://time.com/3879832/arlington-national-cemetery-photos-of-american-sacred-ground/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa92163a8da19897/69884a2206f2c13795339835/20_114590552.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Arlington Cemetery 1965 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Arlington National Cemetery: Photos of American Sacred Ground twitter:description: LIFE.com offers a series of quiet, reflective photos of Arlington National Cemetery by LIFE magazine's George Silk. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa92163a8da19897/69884a2206f2c13795339835/20_114590552.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sacred Ground: A Portrait of Arlington National Cemetery > Sponsored content. 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From its founding in 1866, just a year after the cataclysmic Civil War ended, through other, global conflicts, [stunning scandals](http://nation.time.com/2011/06/30/army-fixing-shocking-problems-exposed-at-arlington-cemetery-in-1997/) and massive cultural and political change, the 600 acres situated across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial have constituted sacred ground for generations of Americans. Here, on the cemetery’s 150th anniversary, LIFE.com offers a series of photographs made at Arlington by George Silk. Never published in LIFE magazine, Silk’s pictures are appropriately quiet, reflective portraits of a small corner of the country that occupies a special, prominent place in the national consciousness.  A bugler plays "Taps" at Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Horses pull a caisson through Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  View of Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Arlington National Cemetery with Washington, DC, in the distance, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Groundskeepers, Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Digging a grave, Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  The original, temporary John F. Kennedy "Eternal Flame," The original, temporary John F. Kennedy "Eternal Flame," 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Horses pull a caisson through Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Funeral, Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Funeral, Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  View of Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Tending a grave, Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  A man rests in the shade at Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. George Silk—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  A resident squirrel perches on a headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, 1965. 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