Some Things You Do Not Need to Know About...

...Arlington.

Jimmy Doolittle may have spent "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", but he spent much of the other time of his life in Arlington, MA.

The town is named for Arlington National Cemetery and was changed to the current monniker in 1867 from the Algonquin name.

We all know of the great battles of Lexington and Concord, but we do not know that half the fatalities of that April day occured not at the famous sites, but, in fact, in Arlington.

"Uncle Sam" is from Arlington. Yes there really was an "Uncle" Sam. Sam Wilson who stamped his barrels with US before he shipped them to government supply stores. Folks yonder took it to mean UNCLE SAM's property and not UNITED STATES property