American flags were placed at approximately 260,000 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery for fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day.

Every year before Memorial Day, around 1,000 soldiers fan out across Arlington National Cemetery. Each soldier from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) carries hundreds of small flags ...

U.S. Army Air Forces pilot 2nd Lt. Gilbert A. Rauh, who was killed in action in 1943, will be interred Monday at Arlington ...

As Memorial Day weekend approaches, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment is commemorating the nation’s fallen heroes by placing flags at gravesites for service members.

Soldiers from the Old Guard unloaded trucks packed with small flags, transferred them to backpacks and worked in groups, spanning the 639 acres of Arlington National Cemetery.

Soldiers placed flags one boot's length away from headstones' bases to honor fallen service members on Thursday morning. Arlington National Cemetery places American flags in a tradition known as ...

More than 1,500 soldiers from The Old Guard placed American flags at more than 260,000 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery early Thursday morning, ahead of Memorial Day.