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‘Holding Pattern' as Army Considers Eligibility Changes at Arlington National Cemetery
Thousands of veterans are waiting to find out if they’ll have to make different plans for their final resting place. Potential changes for who can be buried at Arlington National Cemetery were expected to be announced already, but that has not happened.
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Sailor From Mass. Who Died at Pearl Harbor to Be Buried at Arlington
The remains of a sailor from Massachusetts who died when the USS Oklahoma capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 are being buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. The interment comes nearly four years after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Roman W. Sadlowski had been accounted for following advanced DNA...
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Panel Advises Removal of Confederate Statue at Arlington National Cemetery
An independent commission is recommending that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on the renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy. Panel members on Tuesday rolled out the final list of ships, base roads, buildings and other items that they said should be…
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History of Memorial Day in the US
Originally established during the Civil War, Memorial Day honors those who have died in military service for the U.S.
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Maine-Made Wreaths Placed in Cemeteries Across US for Wreaths Across America Day
A caravan loaded with Maine-made balsam wreaths made its way to Arlington National Cemetery last weekend, and volunteers gathered in Virginia Saturday to place nearly 260,000 wreaths at the gravesites of fallen service members. The convoy departed Sunday from Harrington and made several stops across Maine before continuing onward to New Hampshire and Vermont on Monday. The road trip continued…
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WATCH: Biden's Veterans Day Speech at Arlington Cemetery
President Joe Biden delivered Veterans Day remarks from Arlington Cemetery on Thursday
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Biden Lays Wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
President Joe Biden visited Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in observance of Veterans Day on Thursday.
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Opens to Public for First Time in a Century
Arlington National Cemetery is opening up the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza Tuesday and Wednesday to members of the public and allowing visitors to lay flowers for the first time in almost a century. The historic invitation is honoring the anniversary of the tomb’s original burial 100 years ago. Entry to the plaza is typically reserved for members of…
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New National Cemeteries Proposed as Arlington Running Out of Space
Arlington National Cemetery could run out of space for burials in 20 years — meaning tens of thousands would lose their eligibility.
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Dwindling Space Leads to Changes in Who Can Be Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
The Army plans to announce new eligibility rules for burial at Arlington National Cemetery in early 2022.
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Arlington Cemetery to Allow Public to Lay Flowers at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Members of the public will be allowed to walk on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza and lay flowers for the first time in almost 100 years. Arlington National Cemetery will hold special events around Veterans Day. “This is a rare opportunity for the public to walk next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a privilege otherwise given only…
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Robert E. Lee Memorial Reopens in Virginia With New Exhibits on Enslaved People
The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived is open to the public again, after a $12 million rehabilitation and reinterpretation that includes an increased emphasis on more than 100 people who were enslaved there. The National Park Service opened Arlington House to the public on Tuesday for the first time since 2018. The mansion overlooking Arlington National Cemetery…
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Biden Honors War Dead at Arlington, Implores Nation to Heal
President Joe Biden has honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery
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President Joe Biden Lays Wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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.
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Presidential Salute Battery Marks Biden's Inauguration with 21-Gun Salute
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.
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Maine Non-Profit to Continue Wreaths Across America
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...
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Wreaths Across America Will Continue
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.
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Trump Observes Veterans Day at Arlington National Ceremony
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.
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Trump's Silent Public Outing Belies White House in Tumult
President Donald Trump’s Veterans Day visit to Arlington Cemetery has given a veneer of normalcy to a White House in tumult
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lies in State at U.S. Capitol
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.