ARLINGTON CEMETARY CAME INTO BEING IN 1802...FORMALLY KNOWN AS ARLINGTON ESTATE. OWNED BY THE CUSTIS FAMILY, THE GRANDSON OF MARTHA WASHINGTON, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS. HIS DAUGHTER, MARY ANNA, WAS THE WIFE OF ROBERT E. LEE! .....A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT IN 1897, MY GRAND-FATHER WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 8TH AND IN RICH MILITARY SERVICE FAMILY TRADITION WAS NAMED AFTER ARLINGTON. GEORGE ARLINGTON TOWNSEND III.......... HE SERVED IN THE USN ABOARD THE GUN-BOAT USS SURVEYOR UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMANDER POPE.....SETTING SAIL ON JANUARY 8 1918 TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC OUT OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA - DESTINATION: GIBRALTAR TO ACT AS ESCORT FOR SUPPLY SHIPS. HE LATER SERVED AS THE NAVAL ATTACHE FOR THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN RUSSIA.
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