"Arlington"
BackArlington National Cemetery was created in 1864 on land taken from Robert E. Lee. This song was written by Andy Revkin (of Uncle Wade) to honor its storied past and those who rest there, and to ponder its future. Song Copyright 2008, Andrew Revkin. Performance Copyright 2008 Uncle Wade. Video by Craig Duff for The New York Times, all rights reserved. Uncle Wade can be heard at Craig Duff can be found at More New York Times video is at
Channel: Music
Uploaded: April 17, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Author: anrevk
Length: 00:04:34
Rating: 5.00
Views: 3307
Tags: war peace honor history military washington civil arlington traditional cemetery revkin song veterans
Video Comments:
Revkin (November 21, 2008 at 5:56 pm)
I agree (my son is preparing to enter military service in '09). But it's still appropriate to explore the "why" question..
grimwolfe (November 21, 2008 at 5:53 pm)
God bless those who gave their their most prized possession...
Their Life..
all you who complain need to remember that!.. or give your's in place of theirs.
Please remember Freedom isn't Free ....
Their Life..
all you who complain need to remember that!.. or give your's in place of theirs.
Please remember Freedom isn't Free ....
reddaishi (November 5, 2008 at 8:27 pm)
I personally belive evry man and woman under arms in the us military should claim conscious objector status on the basis that no one in America or the world is willing to sacrifice anything!!!!!!! I recommend you all throw down your arms and force these cowards to defend themselves!!! They could care less if you die as long as they don't have to spend an extra few pence for gas!
reddaishi (November 6, 2008 at 12:16 am)
I have given up hope. As a vet i believe the US should withdraw From both NATO and the UN. they hate us and in my case it's mutual. Screw them let them pay for their defense. we should focus on ourselves and our economy. We should block all imports, immigration, and cancel all defense contracts until we are safe and whole.
reddaishi (November 5, 2008 at 8:14 pm)
Congratulations. the United States is now firmly in the hands of the socialists! The Representative form of gvmntt is well and truly dead. You have reaped what you have sown. Suck it up and live with it!
bonzaipeter (November 2, 2008 at 8:37 am)
please you ass reddashi tell me how many casualies have vietnamies,tell me please.. make the fucking thing and tell us how many PEOPLE DIED IN THAT CONFLICT.Please tell us... and point the finger on your fucking goverment (country) again and make her or it look again very bad because you KILLLED 3 MILION PEOPLE THERE,3 MILIONNNNNNNN
you konow how much that is?SOLDIERS THAT ARE ATTACKING ARENT HEROES,maybe defending soldiers,and volunteers soldiers that want to defend theyr nation from attack!
you konow how much that is?SOLDIERS THAT ARE ATTACKING ARENT HEROES,maybe defending soldiers,and volunteers soldiers that want to defend theyr nation from attack!
reddaishi (November 3, 2008 at 8:45 pm)
lol your argument is schizophrenic. My point was: our brave men and women die (and therefore earn their place in Arlington)at the whim of special interests Unlike yourself i have served my country. lol killed 3 million in Vietnam? well your number exceeds the total population of that country. so if we were to believe you, the us killed everyone there twice? It must have been the night of the living dead lol! Grow up kid and get ur facts straight.
reddaishi (November 3, 2008 at 8:47 pm)
Btw dumb ass reagan sold weapons to Iran lol lol lol
bonzaipeter (November 4, 2008 at 10:55 am)
man just go and search for the ammount of peole taht live there...
and the 3 milions is from american source...
and yeah soldiers die for nothing..:( only for stupid reasons :(
Brave is to come back and leave the army..
Every dead didnt made it:( home..:( its sad...
and the 3 milions is from american source...
and yeah soldiers die for nothing..:( only for stupid reasons :(
Brave is to come back and leave the army..
Every dead didnt made it:( home..:( its sad...
bonzaipeter (November 2, 2008 at 7:23 am)
9/1 i what way,,.,in way that it is an inside job yes...
every man that thinks a bit must know that it was made to put the country to another conflict and make people want to go to war...
and thew most biggest part is to make som big money.. and take under control middle east countries totally.. because they are the biggest producers in the world of oil..so your government needed to have some "legal and followed by people" reason to do to war. By international law it was ILLEGAL war!!!
every man that thinks a bit must know that it was made to put the country to another conflict and make people want to go to war...
and thew most biggest part is to make som big money.. and take under control middle east countries totally.. because they are the biggest producers in the world of oil..so your government needed to have some "legal and followed by people" reason to do to war. By international law it was ILLEGAL war!!!