Did Arlington Cemetery really need to say this to Pokémon GO players? Evidently yes.

Sarah D. | 5:49 PM on July 12, 2016

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Sigh.

In case you hadn’t heard, the U.S. Holocaust Museum recently asked Pokémon GO players to refrain from playing the game there:

Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here https://t.co/t41jY9v8Ds pic.twitter.com/WPLzD0hOoq

— Jason Calabretta (@JasonCalabretta) July 12, 2016

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More from the Washington Post:

The museum, along with many other landmarks, is a “PokéStop” within the game — a place where players can get free in-game items. There are three PokéStops associated with various parts of the museum.

“Playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism,” Andrew Hollinger, the museum’s communications director, told The Post. “We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game.”

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Hollinger stressed that the museum is generally pro-technology and encourages visitors to use social media to share how their experiences with the exhibits moved them. “But this game falls very much outside that,” he said.

This afternoon, Arlington National Cemetery felt compelled to make a similar request:

We do not consider playing "Pokemon Go" to be appropriate decorum on the grounds of ANC. We ask all visitors to refrain from such activity.

— Arlington National Cemetery (@ArlingtonNatl) July 12, 2016

Did Arlington Cemetery really need to say this to Pokémon GO players? Evidently yes.

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