[Ans] What u.s. president oversaw the first memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemetery?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "what u.s. president oversaw the first memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemetery?"

The national cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, which had been the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee (a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington).

Step 2 : Answer to the question "what u.s. president oversaw the first memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemetery?"

President Herbert Hoover conducted the first national Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, on May 30, 1929.

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In January 2013, Arlington County, Virginia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Arlington Cemetery officials to expand the cemetery even further. The government acquired Arlington at a tax sale in 1864 for USD 26,800, equal to USD 410,000 today. At the outbreak of the Civil War, most military personnel who died in battle near Washington, D.C., were buried at the United States Soldiers' Cemetery in Washington, D.C., or Alexandria Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, but by late 1863 both were nearly full.