Arlington County, Virginia Cafe, a nickname originating during the Cold War when the Pentagon was targeted by Soviet nuclear missiles. During World War II, the earliest portion of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway was built in Arlington in conjunction with the parking and traffic plan for the Pentagon. This early freeway, opened in 1943 and completed to Woodbridge, Virginia in 1952, is now part of Interstate 395. Arlington forms part of the region's core transportation network. The county is traversed by two interstate highways, Interstate 66 in the northern part of the county and Interstate 395 in the eastern part, both with
Wakefield High School (Arlington County, Virginia) his "Back to School Speech". This speech was broadcast live in schools across the United States. On March 7, 2011, President Obama revisited the school, this time with the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The president and prime minister talked to a class of juniors in an AP US History class. Wakefield High School (Arlington County, Virginia) Wakefield High School is one of three public high schools located in Arlington, Virginia, United States, closely bordering Alexandria. It has 128 teachers and 1,962 students in grades 9-12 as of the 2015-2016 academic