Posts tagged ‘Arlington National Cemetery’

Fragmented and unidentifiable remains of fallen service members will have a resting place, through a bill to create a place where these remains can be laid to rest and accorded due respect. A proposal from Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) is aimed to create a Place of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery, where fragments and unidentifiable [...]

The Arlington National Cemetery may be quite a daunting place to navigate through, especially if you do not know exactly where you need to go. Finding a fallen hero’s final resting place will no longer be as challenging as it used to be, at least if you are the owner of an iPhone. The Arlington [...]

Two Veterans are working to raise money in order to film a documentary regarding the sentinels of the 3rd Infantry Regiment who guard the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Ethan Morse and Neal Schrodetzki hope to film a documentary series that will follow a group of soldiers through the months of training [...]

An Army report sent to Congress indicated that after checking all of the 259,978 gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery against more than 510,000 records, there is a need to review one in four of these gravesites. There is a need to validate the records of 64,230 Veterans and their family members, who have been laid [...]

In a previous post, we shared with you the initiative called Wreaths Across America, which honors our country’s heroes during the holiday season through the laying of Christmas wreaths at various Veterans’ cemeteries across the country on December 11. In the cemetery where the practice began – Arlington National Cemetery – 24,000 holiday wreaths were [...]

Despite all the controversy reported regarding Arlington National Cemetery recently, the fact remains that it is where America’s fallen heroes are laid to rest. Last Monday, a fallen hero was once again accorded that honor – sixty years after his death, as shared in a feature on the Navy Times. Ensign Robert Langwell, from Columbus, [...]