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The Arlington County Board has issued a resolution condemning Russia's "unprovoked attack" on Arlington's sister city Ivano-Frankivsk in southwestern Ukraine.

While Arlington is the best-known national cemetery, the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration maintains 155 national cemeteries in 42 states and Puerto Rico as well as 34 soldier's lots and monument sites. Congress granted President Abraham Lincoln authority to establish national cemeteries on July 17, 1862, after previous burial practices couldn’t keep pace with mounting Civil War deaths. Take a look at a dozen of the oldest national cemeteries across the country, all founded in 1862.

While Arlington is the best-known national cemetery, the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration maintains 155 national cemeteries in 42 states and Puerto Rico as well as 34 soldier's lots and monument sites. Congress granted President Abraham Lincoln authority to establish national cemeteries on July 17, 1862, after previous burial practices couldn’t keep pace with mounting Civil War deaths. Take a look at a dozen of the oldest national cemeteries across the country, all founded in 1862.