Arlington Cemetery's Gravesites Now Searchable

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 7:55pm by Caser

Arlington National Cemetery recently launched a searchable database that will help people "find grave sites and explore Arlington's rich history" with apps for Apple products, Android, Blackberrys, as well as a desktop version.

Arlington's website says, "The Army photographed 259,978 grave sites, niches and markers using a custom-built smart phone application and instituted a rigorous process to review each headstone photo with existing cemetery records and other historical documents. The end result was the creation of a single, verifiable and authoritative database of all those laid to rest at Arlington that is linked to the Arlington's digital mapping system."