Are you going to be buried in Arlington? If so, what will being buried there, mean to you?

Being Native American I told my wife I wanted to be cremated and my ashes spread in the Pacific ocean Pee Dee river and Lumber river. Just keep a picture of me around. I told them not to cry but celebrate the life I had and party like there is no tomorrow as I lived my life well and had fun.


Me just being me.

I am undecided between observing burial ritual on consecrated ground, federal cemetery and cremation. Arlington is way above my style, however a Viking style funeral always looked majestic. I would defer Arlington to those fallen in battle or died of wounds from battle, even decades later. MA and NH have very nice and well maintained Federal Cemetaries at no or little cost to the surviving family. That is also an option. I know we should plan for the end of our time, but I prefer to focus on living for now and the future.

Yes I will. Two hundred years from now a tourist from Ohio or Wisconsin will be walking through Arlington Cemetery and he will come upon my grave. All he will know about me is what little is engraved on my tombstone. He'll think to himself, I don't know who this person was, but if he is buried in Arlington Cemetery I know that he served his country. That's all he needs to know.

I have done nothing to warrant burial in Arlington. Just put me out with the trash for all the difference it will make to me.

My mother and father are buried there. Although, I'm eligible, my wife and I talked about it, since our children live here in Florida, we decided to be buried at South Florida National Cemetery. Hopefully the kids will stop by once in a while to say hello.

Not Arlington but a military cemetery near my home and I consider it to be an honor.

For me it would be a great honor to be buried at Arlington but my family is here in California and here is where I'll be buried ! I'll leave Arlington to those that were KIA ! They should be honored there for their sacrifice to this nation !

For myself I see no reason for it, I'm an organ donor and what's left of me will be donated to science so hopefully they can learn something to make life better for the ones left behind. They do so many neat things from the study of the effects of nature on a corps to training young Dr's and the list keeps growing.
I'm not even having a funeral, instead I have a seperet life insurance policy so my friends can do some of the things I've loved to do all my life with their family and friends. I've got 30 acers of land 7.5 acers I cut and take care of all the time the rest is for animals to enjoy. But I have a small pond stocked with catfish around 5-10lbs and bluegill, 4 areas for bonfire's camping and with $10K they are to get some live bands and enjoy a long weekend together with cooking out listening to some Rock music even get out my drumset, guitars, use the mini bikes, rifel range and enjoy, no sorrow, no worries or any of that for a moment all on me. I can only hope they keep it up on later dates also and live life the way it should be all the time. My house is a no BS area, no one is better than anyone else here and everyone gets along or ya have to go if you can't. Come back when you can. I love a simple life, when I get to go out in my yard I always find ways to make it better and people seem to enjoy it here with the simple rules I live by; enjoy, find something positive no matter what or how much pain I may be in, no one is better than me and I'll never be better than anyone.

I plan on being laid to rest by my Dad and Mom. If my wife dies before me I plan on laying her to rest there as well. We have our own family cemetery.

While I would love to be be buried in that hallowed ground but I think there are far too many more deserving. I would be satisfied to be rest in a veterans cemetery elsewhere.