William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. Many people consider him the great...
The graves of many famous people are at Arlington National Cemetery. It did not start out that way. In 1861, a Confederate general and his wife owned the house and the land. That general was Robert E. Lee. His house was across the river from Washington, D.C. The Union Army took over the land at the start of the Civil War. Union soldiers that were killed in the war were buried near the house. These soldiers were poor. Their families could not pay for them to be buried. Arlington was called a "potter's field." A potter's field is a place where poor or unknown people are buried. After the war, something odd started to happen. Union officers asked to be buried at Arlington. They wanted to be near those men who had been in the war with them. Americans saw that Arlington was a special place. Now many people visit it each year. They go to honor the known and the unknown soldiers.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet. Many people consider him the great...
The United States Congress is the part of the government that passes laws. There are three...
What people ate in the Middle Ages depended upon how rich they were. Poor people ate barle...