Arlington Cemetery: No Place for Bikes?
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To observe Memorial Day this year, I decided to go to Arlington National Cemetery.
Assuming the worst for traffic, I rode my bicycle. I was riding on the road, like any other vehicle. (The cars were packed bumper to bumper approaching the cemetery's entrance.) But just past the visitors center I was pulled over by private security guards in a Jeep. They told me that bicycles are not allowed in the cemetery.
How could it be possible that bicycles are not allowed on the roads of Arlington Cemetery? When cars and SUVs of all sizes are directed by "helpful" traffic specialists, is it too much to ask that bicycles be afforded the same consideration? Of all the places in Washington, where the words "freedom" and "liberty" are uttered frequently, it seems especially sad and ironic that anyone seeking to pay his respects would be denied the opportunity simply because he wasn't in a car.
DAVID JORDAN
Washington
