Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which man owned the land that became Arlington National Cemetery?"
...Arlington National Cemetery is the burial ground for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and family members. The cemetery contains the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a monument dedicated to U.S. service members whose remains were never identified. The site is the former home of legendary Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, which had been the estate of Robert E. Lee and his wife Mary Anna Custis Lee. After the Lees abandoned the property at the start of the Civil War, the U.S. Army seized the estate to defend Washington, D.C.
