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.

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…

Originally established during the Civil War, Memorial Day honors those who have died in military service for the U.S.

President Joe Biden delivered Veterans Day remarks from Arlington Cemetery on Thursday

President Joe Biden visited Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in observance of Veterans Day on Thursday.

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…

Arlington National Cemetery could run out of space for burials in 20 years — meaning tens of thousands would lose their eligibility.

The Army plans to announce new eligibility rules for burial at Arlington National Cemetery in early 2022.

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…

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.

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.