<P> The national cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House , which had been the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee 's wife Mary Anna ( Custis ) Lee ( a great - granddaughter of Martha Washington ) . The Cemetery , along with Arlington House , Memorial Drive , the Hemicycle , and the Arlington Memorial Bridge , form the Arlington National Cemetery Historic District , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 2014 . Like nearly all federal installations in Arlington County , it has a Washington , D.C. mailing address . </P>
<P> The national cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House , which had been the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee 's wife Mary Anna ( Custis ) Lee ( a great - granddaughter of Martha Washington ) . The Cemetery , along with Arlington House , Memorial Drive , the Hemicycle , and the Arlington Memorial Bridge , form the Arlington National Cemetery Historic District , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 2014 . Like nearly all federal installations in Arlington County , it has a Washington , D.C. mailing address . </P>
where did the land for arlington cemetary come from
where did the land for arlington cemetary come from
the grounds of Arlington House , which had been the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee 's wife Mary Anna ( Custis ) Lee
the grounds of Arlington House , which had been the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee 's wife Mary Anna ( Custis ) Lee