ARLINGTON, Va. – Howard Wellman, a conservator with Wellman Conservation, LLC., takes a detailed drawing of an iron gate, which was once a part of the Ord-Weitzel and Sheridan gates at Arlington National Cemetery here, August 15, 2012. The gates were constructed from columns that once stood at the War Department before being moved to Arlington National Cemetery in 1879, and stood until 1971 when they were disassembled and stored because they were not large enough to allow vehicle traffic to pass through. The cemetery is working with the Army Corps of Engineers to determine if the columns
ARLINGTON, Va. – Howard Wellman, a conservator with Wellman Conservation, LLC., takes a detailed drawing of an iron gate, which was once a part of the Ord-Weitzel and Sheridan gates at Arlington National Cemetery here, August 15, 2012. The gates were constructed from columns that once stood at the War Department before being moved to Arlington National Cemetery in 1879, and stood until 1971 when they were disassembled and stored because they were not large enough to allow vehicle traffic to pass through. The cemetery is working with the Army Corps of Engineers to determine if the columns can be reassembled once again at the national cemetery. ( Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood) 120815-A-OI229-019 by norfolkdistrict
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