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.