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behind a white fence . Construction

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workers build a columbarium at

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Arlington National Cemetery the ninth

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such structure . This area will hold

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more than 20,000 new niche spaces for

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the nation's heroes to be interned

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right now . It's bigger than any of the

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previous eight that they have . The

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project overseen by the Norfolk

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District . U . S . Army Corps of

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Engineers will help extend the ability

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of the cemetery to honor the nation's

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heroes through environments . And since

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the work is going on in these hollowed

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grounds where heroes are actively being

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remembered , special considerations are

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in place because with any construction

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project noise

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and dirt are generated a lot of

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times they're doing ceremonies or

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memorials very near to this project .

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So any time that um there's , they've

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got a full honor ceremony or a big big

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contingency . When that happens ,

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sometimes you gotta shut down

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operations according to secret to shut

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down periods are very brief and once

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the ceremonies are over , construction

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continues as usual , the new complex

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will provide areas for visitors to sit ,

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reflect and be a piece in the center ,

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they're going to have a fountain and

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throughout the whole thing they've got

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little gardens . Siegrist says the

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importance of this project and what it

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means to the nation resonates soundly

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with him as well as all the folks

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involved . It's very humbling and I

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believe not only me , but everybody

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that's here , including the contractors

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down to the Um to the workers on the

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ground , they all experienced too . And

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it's a good team effort because of the

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work on the new columbarium is expected

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to be complete during the summer of

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2013 from Arlington National Cemetery ,

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Patrick Bloodgood .