At the top my list of places to visit when we were in Washington DC was, believe it or not, the Arlington National Cemetery. I was not expecting a lot of visitors here in this sprawling military cemetery, not expecting many people would care enough anymore these days about people who died in wars long past. I guess I was wrong. The Arlington National Cemetery is located on a hilly area across the Potomac River. It has a direct line of sight from the Arlington House and President John F Kennedy's grave to the Lincoln Memorial. We got there using the MetroRail. ...