Aug 28, 2024 · A solemn 14-acre section at Arlington National Cemetery that is largely reserved for deceased U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has suddenly become the focus of controversy,...

Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) is conducting a pilot program in Section 60 to address families’ desires to leave mementos at their loved one’s gravesite. The Superintendent continues to ask visitors not to leave items at gravesites that present a safety or health concern.

All items left at any gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery are considered abandoned property. In accordance with Army policy, ANC is maintaining the dignity and standards of a National Cemetery by removing items, to include those affixed to headstones, in Section 60.

Mar 1, 2024 · As two women stand quietly in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried, one muses that this has been called “the saddest acre in America.”

Oct 21, 2014 · Instead Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery, just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is the final resting place of the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in America's...

Sep 6, 2024 · It took place as members of Trump’s team attempted to take photographs and record videos in Section 60, an area of the cemetery largely reserved for members of the military who died while...

Mar 3, 2024 · Section 60 is five acres of gently rolling land in Arlington National Cemetery where the dead from Iraq and Afghanistan, in accord with their families’ wishes, are being buried. They join, under those dignified rows of small marble markers, their predecessors from America’s other battlefields going back to the Revolution.

Aug 28, 2024 · As NPR first reported, on Monday, there was an altercation between a cemetery staff member and Trump campaign officials over photos taken at an area in the eastern half of the cemetery known as Section 60.

Aug 28, 2024 · A solemn 14-acre section at Arlington National Cemetery that is largely reserved for deceased U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has suddenly become the focus of controversy, after a cemetery staff member tried to prevent former President Trump's campaign from staging a photo opportunity there.