Tour Information:

Vigilance Tours is unlike most other tours offered

• With 25 years of working knowledge of Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon, Congress, and Washington, DC – Eric is the only Arlington National Cemetery tour guide who goes beyond the facts and figures of Arlington National Cemetery and discusses the stories behind the facts and figures

• The tour is interactive – by getting to know you, Eric strives to make the tour meaningful to you while maintaining the reverence of Arlington National Cemetery

  • In order to get to know each other, we limit the size of the tour group to a maximum of 12 visitors (please contact us at vigilancetours@gmail.com if your group is larger than 12)

• No subject is totally off limits – Eric is happy to discuss most topics (history, politics, military decisions, treatment of veterans, etc.) defining those interred at Arlington National Cemetery

• We will not rush you; the tour is scheduled for at least 3 hours, if you have less than 3 hours to visit Arlington National Cemetery we recommend the shorter tours available through other tour companies

  • We will walk approximately 3 miles

    TOUR OUTLINE HIGHLIGHTS

• Meet and greet (at Military Women’s Memorial)

  • Introductions

• Overview of Arlington National Cemetery

• Visit Supreme Court Justice’s gravesites

• Visit President Kennedy’s gravesite

  • Discuss 9/11 while overlooking the Pentagon

  • Discuss Washington DC city plan while overlooking DC

• Visit Arlington (Lee-Custis) House and associated sites (self-guided)

• Visit Civil War Tomb of Unknowns

• Visit USS Maine memorial

• Visit Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Columbia, and Iran Rescue Mission memorials

• Visit Memorial Amphitheater

• Visit Tomb of Unknown Soldier (witness changing of the guard)

• Visit Display Room (if open)

• Visit Section 7A (Joe Lewis, Pappy Boyington, Lee Marvin, Jimmy Doolittle, etc.)

• Proceed through original Arlington entrance (McClellan gate)

• Entertain special requests (if time allows)