Concern over the lack of respect for the gravesite led Army Maj. Gen. Fox Conner to order an armed military guard on March 24, 1926.

U.S. Army Spc. 4th Class Michael “Mike” Vinson loved guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. From November 1980 to ...

At Archie's Corner, archaeologists and township leaders are using new technology to protect the legacy of a trailblazing Black preacher.

A group of Vietnam War veterans and a retired architectural historian have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block construction of a proposed monument near Arlington National Cemetery. The lawsuit, ...

After the Lee family abandoned the hilltop house in May 1861 in the wake of Virginia’s secession from the Union, the US Army began using it as a camp and eventually for military burials, in part as a ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A missing record is nothing new for the federal government, especially if we are talking about more than half a century ago. A quest to find important proof of military service ...

The National Memorial Cemetery in Hawaii is running out of space, but a group of politicians is hoping to persuade the Department of Veterans Affairs into building a new final resting place for ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine on Wednesday introduced a bill to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii lawmakers are pushing for a new national cemetery for veterans in Hawaii. U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and Representatives Ed Case, and Jill Tokuda introduced the ...

After wreaths were placed on every service member’s grave for the holiday season, the Arlington National Cemetery is calling for the public’s help to remove them this Saturday. The annual “Wreaths Out ...

Arlington National Cemetery’s southern expansion project continued to take shape in 2025, preparing the way for 80,000 additional spaces for graves and urns just north of Columbia Pike. In a video ...