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Arlington National Cemetery's Section 27 is the final resting place of more than 3,800 formerly enslaved people who escaped to Washington during the Civil War but died after they arrived. (John ...
The cemetery, with headstones bearing significant names like Collins and Ditto, will begin selling plots for the first time ...
The creation of Arlington National Cemetery, on this day in history, June 15, 1864, began with the seizure of Robert E. Lee's Virginia home after he defected to the Confederacy in the Civil War.
Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, ...
Arlington National Cemetery is preparing to take down its Confederate Memorial next week — despite pushback from a group of congressional Republicans. Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin ...
A member of the 3rd U.S. Army Infantry, traditionally known as "The Old Guard," places flags on the graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery on May 26, 2005 in Arlington, Virginia ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the ...
Bill Barnett, left, and Donald Trump during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26, 2024 in Arlington, Va.
Quality Innovation Inc. can perform a $38 million task order for visitor operations services at Arlington National Cemetery, ...
A visitor to Arlington National Cemetery's website earlier this year would have seen links to information about a wide range of notable African Americans, Hispanic Americans and women buried there ...
Despite evidence, Trump calls Arlington Cemetery incident a 'made up story' Meanwhile, ... a Virginia Democrat, last week also said he wanted the Army to provide the incident report.
From George Washington to Robert E. Lee, Arlington's history is as complicated as our own. Here's how it became the hallowed ground it is today.