Some of the biggest names in Arlington history are buried in a cemetery that for nearly 30 years has seen limited interments. That’s about to change. Arlington Cemetary holds headstones with ...

Arlington National Cemetery is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. at the end of Memorial Avenue, the parkway which extends from Memorial Bridge, near the Lincoln Memorial.

Chaplains from across the U.S. Army gathered at Arlington National Cemetery’s Chaplains Hill to commemorate the 250th ...

There are hundreds of thousands of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. Every stone there tells a story. Majority of those buried are military veterans, but lying beside ...

Facts Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other countries, buried there since the 1860s.

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 ...

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.

It is not unusual for headstones to be replaced at the sprawling cemetery overlooking the Potomac River where more than 300,000 service members and their relatives are buried. Some get damaged.

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 ...

Trump honors fallen soldiers at Arlington, calling them ‘America’s best and bravest’ By SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press,Updated May 26, 2025, 11:48 a.m.