Flags In is more than just a ceremony ... first official national Decoration Day — now known as Memorial Day — which was held at Arlington in 1868. Members of the public will be invited ...

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. “No plot here can ...

The Old Guard placed about 260,000 flags at the gravestones of service members and their families at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day. Elisabeth Moss took Handmaid’s Tale role to ...

Every year around Memorial Day members of the military ... America's fallen heroes by placing American flags at gravesites for service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S ...

The "Field of Memories" at Arlington Memorial Gardens covers ... Beginning Friday through Memorial Day, the flags will be raised and lit atop poles for the public to view. The four-day event ...

CINCINNATI — For the past decade, Arlington Memorial Gardens has partnered with Operation Ramp It Up to install 1,000 American flags in its Field of Memories every Memorial Day. Each flag ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend ...

WASHINGTON — A serene moment unfolded at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday as several deer were seen wandering among thousands of American flags placed at gravesites ahead of Memorial Day.

(WJHL)— Memorial Day weekend kicked ... organizers implemented “Arlington Rules,” which refers to a consistent placement of the flags on graves. Participants were asked to set their foot ...

American flags across the country will be lowered then raised as appropriate on Memorial Day. Other traditions ... at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

Memorial Day, which takes place on the last Monday in May, is a United States federal holiday dedicated to those who died while working for the U.S. military. Here's everything to know about Memorial ...

A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day in 2023. (Andrew Harnik/AP ...