Troops Photograph Every Arlington Grave

[philw]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2090594,00.html


Very cool way of documenting

Wonder if they will also include the GPS data for families to locate the graves as well.

I could not believe the stats on the place. 27 services a day. 

Amazing still and I hope this helps preserve the memory's of everyone there.

[bulldog75]

The last time I was at there it was a beautiful place and God bless the ones resting there.

[ratcatcher55]

It is way behind the times as far as the record keeping goes.

When my mom was interned with my father there a few years ago, we went to try and find my Uncle Mac’s grave. You would think you would give them a name and they would pull it up on a computer.

They still used microfilm.  We had to give them the year he was buried and they sorted through the records.  I went to the funeral when I was in college so guessed 1975 and I was right.  They found the plot and we went to see the grave site. I remembered the tree that was by the headstone.

National Geographic did a great special on the cemetery and the Old Guard.  It’s well worth the money.

[2HOW]

yes, they are using GPS and putting all the pics on the web. GPS so family s can go directly to the grave of the brave patriot who gave his all for the U.S. and US .