Aerial view looking southwest at the partially finished Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. Image was taken in 1919.  West is toward the upper-left corner; south is to the middle-left.
<p>As constructed, Memorial Amphitheater ended in a small plaza atop a retaining wall, with a granite balustrade on the edge. The following year, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was added to this plaza.
</p><p>The road running diagonally on the lower-right side of this image is Farragut Avenue.  The road running slightly diagonally from the middle-center to the left is Porter Avenue. The road running diagonally from upper-left to middle-right is McPherson Avenue.  The tree line beyond McPherson Avenue indicates the western boundary of the cemetery; beyond that is Fort Myer.
</p><p>The circular drive with crossed pathways in the middle-left portion of the image is the Confederate Memorial.  The V-shaped road above the amphitheater is Lawton Avenue; the slender shaft of the Spanish-American War Memorial can be seen at its apex.  The V-shaped road coming in from the middle-right is Sigsbee Drive. The large round base from which the tall column protrudes is the <i>USS Maine</i> Mast Memorial.
</p><p>The large star-shaped object in the upper right corner is the former Fort McPherson, one of a ring of earthen artillery forts built around Washington, D.C., in 1861 as part of the city's American Civil War defenses.
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Memorial Avenue (just west of the amphitheater) is under construction; the northern segment can be seen coming off Farragut Avenue, but not the southern.
Harris &amp; Ewing
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