Trump’s Memorial Day speech delivered an explicitly partisan message during what is traditionally a nonpolitical ...

With Jay’s final walk scheduled for June 2, this Memorial Day will hold special significance for him as the cemetery prepares ...

Rosie Weaver leans against the headstone of her husband, U.S. Army Spc. Michael Weaver, after a Memorial Day ceremony, Sunday ...

The Army stopped using iconic funeral processions called caissons because horses were getting sick and dying. They're back ...

The caisson program has been overhauled with a focus on increased training for the soldiers, improvements to facilities and ...

Memorial Day began just after the Civil War, became a federal holiday in 1971, and is marked with cemetery visits, parades and ceremonies. Learn more.

From Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation's capital ... to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice, and we must.” May 30, 2011.

On Saturday morning, Boy Scouts, veterans and community members placed flags on over 35,000 headstones to honor those who ... a standard they set in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington ...