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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (187871)	12/5/2009 10:38:16 AM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 225578

That's a beautiful monument. I wonder what rules they have in place now for monuments? I know somebody named McKee. No doubt they are related.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (187871)	12/5/2009 12:04:55 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 225578

That's an amazing headstone. a rather perfect picture. the sky did right by you that day.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (187871)	12/5/2009 1:59:46 PM
From: SmoothSail	Respond to of 225578

Interesting how elaborate some of the tombstones are right down to simple marble slabs some with just numbers.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (187871)	12/5/2009 3:42:26 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 225578

Sounds like even the price of an Arlington tour has been reduced due to the poor economy. I could have sworn we paid $15.00 apiece to take the tour. It was around 1988...........I could be wrong. Hope so!

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (187871)	12/5/2009 11:30:58 PM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Smithee (and All)….You must check out this website on Arlington burials! Turns out there are several McKee's buried there, but this marker you took the picture of is for Thomas Hudson McKee served in the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry and was an aide to Brigadier General Benjamin Franklin Kelley. General Kelley is buried just to the rear of Lieutenant McKee's gravesite in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. It is rumored that when he died in 1924 his wife, Nancy Matilda Funk McKee, built a large memorial to the Lieutenant in order to "block the view" of General Kelley. His wife (1851-1927) is buried with him Scroll toward the middle, and you'll see proof ….Great eye, Smithee!!! arlingtoncemetery.net Main Website: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps arlingtoncemetery.net There is so much there….and stumbled on this as well…. arlingtoncemetery.net Bombings of the Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania including pictures - August 16, 1998…. Just 11 years ago…but so much has happened since then, it seems like eons ago…. usmra.com Beautiful, haunting "Farewell, Marine"….