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U.S. Army Reservist 1st Lt. William Garcia, seated, right, salutes as the honor guard arrives at the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo)
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Jack Lechner, Deputy Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, center, and Army Command Sgt. David O. Turnbull, right, stand during the playing of "Taps" after a wreath was laid at the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo)
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A stone of remembrance sits on the gravestone of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The stone is from the original Christman home that still stands in Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo)
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An Army honor guard bugler plays "Taps" after a wreath was laid at the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo)
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Relatives of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, James Christman, great-grand nephew, left, of Allentown, Pa., and Barbara Christman Page, great-grand niece, of Swiftwater, Pa., place a wreath at his grave marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo)
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Wreaths from Arlington National Cemetery and the Historical Association of Tobyhanna Township, Pa., along with a stone of remembrance were placed at the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13, 1864. (AP Photo)
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Relatives of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, James Christman, great-grand nephew, center, his wife Kris, left, and daughter Lauren, second left, from Allentown, Pa., and Barbara Christman Page, great-grand niece, second from right, and her husband Donald Page, from Swiftwater, Pa., stand in front of his grave after they laid a wreath marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Arlington, Va. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo)
