Editing Arlington National Cemetery (section)

==Sections==
[[File:Headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia LCCN2011635737.tif|thumb|Graves of former slaves, marked "Citizen", in Section 27]]
The Cemetery is divided into 70 sections, with some sections in the southeast and western part of the cemetery reserved for future expansion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interactive map of Arlington National Cemetery |url=http://public.mapper.army.mil/ANC/ANCWeb/PublicWMV/ancWeb.html |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |access-date=January 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418081700/http://public.mapper.army.mil/ANC/ANCWeb/PublicWMV/ancWeb.html |archive-date=April 18, 2015 }}</ref> Section 60, in the southeast part of the cemetery, is the burial ground for military personnel killed in the "[[war on terror]]" since 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/05/23/section.60.cemetery/index.html |title=Mementos adorn 'saddest acre' |date=May 23, 2009 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 5, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808120943/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/05/23/section.60.cemetery/index.html |archive-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref> Section 21, also known as the Nurses Section, is the burial site for many nurses, and the location of the [[Spanish–American War Nurses Memorial]] and the Nurses Memorial.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/text/nurses_memorial_text.html |title=Nurses Memorial |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |access-date=August 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011111021815/http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/text/nurses_memorial_text.html |archive-date=November 11, 2001 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Another section{{snd}}[[Chaplains Hill]]{{snd}}includes monuments to Jewish, Protestant, and Roman Catholic [[military chaplain]]s.

In 1901, Confederate soldiers buried at the Soldiers' Home and various locations within Arlington were reinterred in a Confederate section that was authorized by Congress in 1900. On 4 June 1914, the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]] dedicated the [[Confederate Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery)|Confederate Memorial]] designed by [[Moses Ezekiel]]. Upon his death in 1917, Ezekiel was buried at the base of the monument as he was a veteran of the Confederate army.<ref>{{cite web|title=Confederate Memorial |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/Confederate_Memorial.html |access-date=August 5, 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725141115/http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/Confederate_Memorial.html |archive-date=July 25, 2009 }}</ref> All Confederate headstones in this section are peaked rather than rounded.<ref name="markers">{{cite web| title=History of Government Furnished Headstones and Markers| url=http://www.cem.va.gov/hist/hmhist.asp| date=February 1, 2010| publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs| access-date=July 29, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022005906/http://www.cem.va.gov/hist/hmhist.asp| archive-date=October 22, 2011}}</ref> The Naming Commission, appointed by Congress, has recommended removing the Confederate memorial down to its foundation.<ref>{{cite web | title=Panel says Confederate memorial at Arlington cemetery should be dismantled | website=The Guardian | date=September 14, 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/13/arlington-national-cemetery-confederate-memorial | access-date=October 7, 2022}}</ref>

More than 3,800 formerly enslaved people, called "Contrabands" during the Civil War, were buried in Section 27 between 1864 and 1867.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dennee |first=Tim |date=March 2011 |others=Friends of Freedmen’s Cemetery |title=African-American Civilians Interred in Section 27 of Arlington National Cemetery, 1864–1867 |url=https://38thdcstudiesconference.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/arlington-section27.pdf}}</ref> Their headstones are designated with the word "Civilian" or "Citizen".<ref name="facts"/>

In early 2025, Arlington National Cemetery's website deleted its lists of "notable graves" of Black, Hispanic, and female service members, while continuing to showcase those of notable politicians, sportspeople and foreigners. Also during this interval histories of the Arlington Freedmen's Village and Section 27—among six other education modules—were removed from history link menus on the U.S. government website for Arlington. Those histories remain live and are linked from a historical narrative published on the website. A spokesperson for the cemetery stated that the changes were prompted by the [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]'s orders requiring the removal of race and gender-related language and policies, and said that the academic modules would return after review and updating.<ref name=DEI>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Matt |date=2025-03-13 |title=Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans |url=https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Task & Purpose |language=en-US}}</ref>