Notably, the first National Decoration Day, now known as Memorial Day, celebration took place on May 30, 1868, at Arlington National Cemetery, where a crowd of 5,000 gathered to decorate the ...

Arlington National Cemetery is removing *** Confederate memorial. This week, more than 40 Republican lawmakers asked the Pentagon to suspend the plan, safety fencing though has been installed ...

WASHINGTON – All 300,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery could have a flower placed on its headstone for Memorial Day after a last-minute rush of donations and some help from the floral ...

Last year on Memorial Day, there was hardly anyone to tell it to. The cemetery, where 400,000 members of the military and their family members are buried, was closed to the general public.

Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day, on May 25, 2023, in ...

It's an age-old tradition at Arlington National Cemetery: Soldiers from "the Old Guard" honor the fallen on Memorial Day with 240,000 flags, one for each headstone. "For families of the fallen ...

Secretary of the Army John McHugh released to Congress the results of a year-long effort to ensure accountability of gravesites and records at Arlington National Cemetery, Dec. 22, 2011.

Over 1,000 service members were out at sunrise at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday for the annual "Flags In" to honor the nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day.

Memorial Day "is not about barbecues or sales or the opening of the swimming pool," said Allison Finkelstein, senior historian at Arlington National Cemetery. "Memorial Day is a solemn day, a day ...

Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia is reopening to the public on a very limited basis. Starting Wednesday between 8 a.m. and noon and continuing daily, visitors can enter the cemetery for ...

A century-old memorial to Confederate soldiers was removed from Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday after a ruling by a federal judge. Photos provided by cemetery officials show a crew using ...