WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – 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.

ARLINGTON, Va. — On a cool, overcast, misty Thursday morning, nearly 1,500 soldiers of the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as the Old Guard, placed more than 260,000 flags at ...

honors America's fallen heroes by placing American flags at gravesites for service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.

Sarah Beth Guevara TOPICS: Soldiers placed flags one boot's length away from headstones' bases to honor fallen service members on Thursday morning. Arlington National Cemetery places American ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com American flags will be lowered across ... at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Chaplains and religious affairs specialists from across the National Capital Region ... They place small American flags in front of more than 260,000 headstones, as well as ...

Arlington National Cemetery is hallowed ground ... "The Virginia House-Wife," published in 1824 and considered the first American regional cookbook. Her recipes drew on African, Native American ...