1. One hundred twenty-three employees work at Arlington Cemetery. Each are  issued 30 keys and with a double of each key in their cars. If a company makes keys  for Arlington, what is the percent of total keys given to each employee?
2. Arlington Cemetery covers 300 acres.  If it takes a person an hour to walk the perimeter of 50 acres, how long will it take to walk Arlington cemetery 8 times?

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4. Tour mobiles tickets cost $2.25 for children and $4.75 adults . An estimated twenty tour mobiles run daily carrying 15 adults and 20 children each trip. How much money is collect by the end of the day?
5. How many full cycles (21 paces in 15 seconds followed by a 21 second pause) can the guards at the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" complete in one hour? 
6. If 4.5 million tourist visit  Arlington National Cemetery every year, how many tourist go in one decade?
   

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Internet Scavenger Hunt

Go to  http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com 

1. How many burials are there each year in the Arlington Cemetery?
   
2. The "Unknown Soldier" from the Vietnam Conflict was from what branch of service?
   
3. Arlington cemetery is the first, second, or third largest cemetery in the United States?
   
4. List any three requirements for being buried in Arlington Cemetery?
   

Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. There are only graves at the Arlington Cemetery.
2. Most of the graves at the Arlington Cemetery came from the Vietnam Conflict.
3. The Arlington Cemetery has less than 260,000 graves.
   

Information about Arlington National Cemetery

Information booth	The Road to Arlington Cemetery	More Headstones
The Memorial for the Challenger Crew	Robert Kennedy's grave	Tomb of the Unknowns

     Arlington National Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in the United States.  The cemetery was established during the Civil War on property once owed by Robert E. Lee.  More than 260,000 people are buried there. There are 58,000 graves from the Vietnam War, and many more from other wars. An older adjacent slave cemetery contains 3,800 graves. 
     There are approximately 5,400 burials each year. The flags each day fly at half-staff for a half hour before the first funeral until a half hour after the last funeral. 
     The 'Tomb of the Unknowns" is one of the more popular sights at Arlington Cemetery. There are four unknown soldiers buried there representing World War I,  World War II,  Korean Conflict, and Vietnam Conflict. The Unknown Soldier from the Vietnam Conflict was tested and found to be Michael J. Blassie, in May 14, 1998. The "Tomb of the Unknowns" is guarded twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. 
     Other memorials pay tribute to astronauts from the Challenger, "Mast of the  Maine", and the John F. Kennedy eternal flame and many other famous Americans. 
 

Answers to Word Problems

The following was contributed by Luther ('02)

1. 2.5%
2. 48 hours

The following was contributed by Danny ('03)

4. $97.25
5. 50
6. 45,000,000

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Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. $5,400

2. Air Force

3. second

4. Active duty member of the Armed Forces, 
   President of the United States or any former President of the United States,
   Who has been awarded one of the following decorations:

   • Medal of Honor
   • Distinguished Service Cross (Navy Cross or Air Force Cross)
   • Distinguished Service Medal
   • Silver Star
   • Purple Heart
   • Check website for many more. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/funeral_information/guide.interment.html

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Answers to Fact and Fiction

) False, there are a few Memorials at Arlington Cemetery to honor past presidents and soldiers.

2)True

3)False, there are more than 260,000
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http://www.mdw.army.mil/cemetery.htm 
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/
http://www.sc94.ameslab.gov/tour/arlington.html
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/funeral_information/guide.interment.html

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