May 28, 2012
Col. Kim Ching, USAF (ret.), a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, salutes during last year’s Memorial Day ceremony at Alexandria National Cemetery. A former commander of American Legion Post 24, Ching will turn 90 on Memorial Day and participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery May 25 at 11 a.m.
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Alexandria: Remembering Those Who Serve
Wreath-laying ceremony to be held at Alexandria National Cemetery.
It was first known simply as “Soldiers’ Cemetery.” Established in 1862 as one of the original 14 national cemeteries, Alexandria National Cemetery features a historic superintendent’s lodge designed by U.S. Quartermaster Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs and is the final resting place of the four civilians who died in pursuit of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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