Editing Arlington National Cemetery (section)

==Arlington Memorial Amphitheater==
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[[File:Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater (1).jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.15|The interior of Memorial Amphitheater]]
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is part of the [[Arlington Memorial Amphitheater]]. The Memorial Amphitheater has hosted state funerals and [[Memorial Day]] and [[Veterans Day (United States)|Veterans Day]] ceremonies. Ceremonies are also held for [[Easter]]. About 5,000 people attend these holiday ceremonies each year. The structure is mostly built of Imperial Danby marble from [[Vermont]]. The Memorial Display room, between the amphitheater and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, uses [[Botticino]] stone, imported from Italy. The amphitheater was the result of a campaign by [[Ivory Kimball]] to construct a place to honor America's servicemen/women. Congress authorized the structure on 4 March 1913. [[Woodrow Wilson]] laid the cornerstone for the building on 15 October 1915. The cornerstone contained 15 items including a Bible and a copy of the Constitution.<ref name="amphitheatre">{{cite web| title=The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery| url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/amphitheater.html| work=Arlingtoncemetery.org| publisher=Arlington National Cemetery| access-date=July 29, 2011| url-status=usurped| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706184835/http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/amphitheater.html| archive-date=July 6, 2010}}</ref>

Before the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater was completed in 1921, important ceremonies were held at what is now known as the "Old Amphitheater". This structure sits where Robert E. Lee once had his gardens. The amphitheater was built in 1868 under the direction of Civil War General [[John A. Logan]]. Gen. [[James A. Garfield]] was the featured speaker at the [[Memorial Day|Decoration Day]] dedication ceremony, 30 May 1868, later being elected as President of the United States in 1880. The amphitheater has an encircling colonnade with a latticed roof that once supported a web of vines. The amphitheater has a marble [[dais]], known as "the [[wikt:rostrum|rostrum]]", which is inscribed with the U.S. national motto found on the [[Great Seal of the United States]], ''[[E pluribus unum]]'' ("Out of many, one"). The rostrum was designed by General [[Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892)|Montgomery C. Meigs]], then Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army.{{sfn|Poole|2010|p={{page needed|date=October 2022}}}} The amphitheater seats 1,500 people and has hosted speakers such as [[William Jennings Bryan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Old Amphitheatre |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/old_amphitheater.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619032251/http://arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/old_amphitheater.html |archive-date=19 June 2010 |access-date=29 July 2011 |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery}}</ref>