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arlington national cemetery
a military cemetery in Virginia, on the opposite bank of the Potomac river to Washington, D.C.; US presidents are also entitled to be buried there -
arlington heights
village in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 76,000 -
north arlington
a city in NE New Jersey. -
pentagon
a polygon having five angles and five sides. -
robinson
Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer. -
unknown soldier
an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation's armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I, was established in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1921. In 1958, the remains of personnel of World War II and the Korean War were buried alongside the tomb (now called the Tomb of the Unknowns, ). In 1984, a serviceman of the Vietnam War was interred next to the others.