Respect the Fallen and Leave the Gyms White

Arlington National Cemetery is the most well know cemetery in the entire country. Within its boundaries lie over 400,000 soldiers who died in the service of their country. Presidents John F, Kennedy and William Howard Taft also are at rest in Arlington.

Since Pokémon Go was released people have been playing it wherever they go. Including Arlington, the National Holocaust Museum, Civil War Battlefields, the 9/11 memorial, and others. Someone posted a picture of one of the Pokéstops. She was surprised to what the Pokéstop was (just not surprised enough not to use it). There is a time and a place for everything and people in our world today don't understand the ideas of reverence and respect as well as they ought to.











Arlington National Cemetery sent out this following tweet to try and help this problem. The effects are unknown but I hope that the problem stops. As a lover of American History and a fellow Pokémon Go supporter I ask you this. If you see a Pokéstop in a cemetery or a gym in a place deemed sacred don't go there to play Pokémon Go. Remember why they are there and what price was paid. People died so you could play Pokémon Go. As of right now the cemeteries and other sites are working on taking themselves off of the Pokémon Go app. Until they do I say let us leave the Gyms white and the Pokéstops blue. These people have done too much to be disrespected by something like this. Who is with me?