National Cemeteries - The Cost in Lives

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200 = Total acres Arlington National Cemetery covers.
100 = Average number of burials at Arlington each week.
120 = Total number (and growing) of national military cemeteries in USA.
14,000 = Total acres covered (to date) by national military cemeteries.
89,300 = Total number (more or less) of annual interrments in national military cemeteries.
8,200,000 = Total number (more or less) of headstones and plaques installed in national military cemeteries, representing only 10% of total number of veterans.
42,000,000 = Total number (approximate) of USA military war participants since and including Revolutionary War.
24,934,000 = Total number of military veterans living today from all branches.
18,613,500 = Total number of US military war veterans living today.

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