Notably, the first National Decoration Day, now known as Memorial Day, celebration took place on May 30, 1868, at Arlington National Cemetery, where a crowd of 5,000 gathered to decorate the ...

Landscaping volunteers from across the country work to improve Arlington National Cemetery and the FDR Memorial in Washington ...

U.S. Army Air Forces pilot 2nd Lt. Gilbert A. Rauh, who was killed in action in 1943, will be interred Monday at Arlington ...

Arlington National Cemetery is removing *** Confederate memorial. This week, more than 40 Republican lawmakers asked the Pentagon to suspend the plan, safety fencing though has been installed ...

Last year on Memorial Day, there was hardly anyone to tell it to. The cemetery, where 400,000 members of the military and their family members are buried, was closed to the general public.

WASHINGTON – All 300,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery could have a flower placed on its headstone for Memorial Day after a last-minute rush of donations and some help from the floral ...

Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day, on May 25, 2023, in ...

A Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery is removed, as workers place a ladder inside it while deconstructing parts of the monument, in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Dec ...

For 108 years, a massive bronze statue hailing the glory of the South has stood sentry over Confederate war dead buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Soon it will be dismantled on orders from ...

Over 1,000 service members were out at sunrise at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday for the annual "Flags In" to honor the nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day.

A century-old memorial to Confederate soldiers was removed from Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday after a ruling by a federal judge. Photos provided by cemetery officials show a crew using ...