TWO GREAT VETERAN'S DAY TITLES! Let's help our children remember their sacrifices!
ARLINGTON The Story of Our Nation's Cemetery written and illustrated by Chris Demarest Roaring Brook Press, 2010 ISBN13: 9781596435179 Picture Book Nonfiction Grades 3 and up Source: school library All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK AMERICA'S RESTING PLACE. The story of the national cemetery--from the Revolutionary War to the present. Arlington recounts the complicated history of one of the nation's most famous and most-visited national monuments and its fascinating daily life. Carefully researched and documented, Chris Demarest's watercolor paintings capture the spirit and pathos of the last resting place of more than 300,000 Americans who have served their country. REVIEW Arlington National Cemetery is a special place where many of those who have served our country have been laid to rest. But it's history shows that it too has known war, the Civil War specifically, when Arlington House (which belonged to Robert E. Le...