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TIL Arlington estate, where the national cemetery is located, was once owned by George Washington's step son, who built a house in the property to serve as a memorial for his step father. His daughter Married Robert E. Lee. In 1955 Congress voted to rename the House "The Robert E. Lee Memorial"

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