Arlington National Cemetery

President Joe Biden has honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery after their inauguration on Wednesday. Biden and Harris were joined by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and their families.

In honor of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the Army’s Presidential Salute Battery fired cannons for the 21-gun salute at the Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.

The coronavirus pandemic almost stopped a 20-plus year holiday tradition at Arlington National Cemetery and beyond but a Maine-based charity is not letting that happen. On Monday, Arlington National Cemetery announced that Wreaths Across America, which puts thousands of wreaths on veteran’s graves there and at other cemeteries, could not hold its annual wreath-laying event this year because of...

A Maine-based charity will continue the annual holiday tradition that puts thousands of wreaths on the gravestones of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery and beyond — an event that almost didn’t happen this year because of the pandemic.

President Donald Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday in observance of Veterans Day. The visit was the president’s first public appearance since losing his reelection bid last week to President-Elect Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump’s Veterans Day visit to Arlington Cemetery has given a veneer of normalcy to a White House in tumult

The casket of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. Ginsburg is the first female to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.

Over two days, the hearings by the House Intelligence Committee featured a variety of statements at odds with the known facts. Each day, the committee’s top Republican wrapped into his opening statement the provocative claim that Democrats went on a hunt for naked pictures of the president in a flailing attempt to come up with dirt on him. The lawmaker...

Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, responds to a tweet President Donald Trump published about her record as an ambassador.

Talk about snail mail! A Maryland couple recently received a postcard that was mailed in 1960.

In an effort to save dwindling space, the Army is proposing new rules to limit who can be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Under the current rules, the cemetery would run out of space by the mid-2050s, the Army says. The proposed restrictions would preserve the cemetery’s lifespan for another 150 years.

Justice John Paul Stevens was honored Monday at the Great Hall at the U.S. Supreme Court. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid their respects as did several supreme court justices.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was remembered as a “brilliant man” with a “deep devotion to the rule of law” during a ceremony Monday at the court where he served for nearly 35 years. The 99-year-old Stevens died last week after suffering a stroke. Justice Elena Kagan, who replaced Stevens on the court after he retired in 2010,...

World leaders will gather in solemn assembly next week above the sandy beaches of Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the world-changing D-Day invasion of France. It’s typically a heartfelt tribute to alliance and sacrifice and a unified vow for enduring unity, outweighing any national or political skirmish of the moment. That’s what has some U.S. veterans and others...

President Donald Trump recognized an Air Force Academy cadet who won the College Home Run Derby and called him to stage, while delivering a commencement speech in Colorado Springs. He joked that wanted to feel his muscles and later said “it’s real” after giving the cadet a pat on the arm.

A photo captured during Thursday’s round of severe weather captured the dedication and persistence of those guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The Supreme Court this week will hear a case challenging a nearly 100-year-old Maryland war memorial.

Mas de 100 inmigrantes indocumentados fueron rescatados por la Patrulla Fronteriza luego de que cruzaron el rio en el area de Abram, Texas.