Arlington National Cemetery was created during the Civil War.
 Arlington did not desegregate its burial practices until President Harry S
On September 23, 1996, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104201) authorized the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Army all of the land in Section 29 that was within an "Arlington National Cemetery Interment Zone" and some of the land in the Section that was within a "Robert E

