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According to legend, many of the men from the Confederate
Army that were buried in the cemetery had points put on
their gravestones so has to keep the damn Yankees away
from their graves and they could not sit on them.

Submitter comment: I learned this from my uncle while on a tour in Arlington.

Where learned: Arlington National Cemetery

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 00-00-1984

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