May 26 Watch the complete documentary 'Arlington National Cemetery' By News Desk Tonight on the PBS NewsHour we're airing an excerpt from the WETA documentary, 'Arlington National Cemetery.' In our excerpt, we visit Section 60 where many of the dead from the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried. Continue reading
May 26 President Obama lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier By News Desk President Obama, back in Washington after his surprise trip to visit troops in Afghanistan, will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier this morning at 11 a.m. EDT at Arlington National Cemetery. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers, Warrior for U.S. on More Than One Front Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers, Warrior for U.S. on More Than One Front… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch News Wrap: Army Admits Mismanagement at Arlington Cemetery In other news Thursday, a report indicated that some of the nation's military dead may have been misidentified or misplaced at Arlington National Cemetery, and an American servicemember was killed in Afghanistan, marking the 20th U.S. death there this month. Continue watching
Aug 29 Leaders Pay Tribute to Kennedy at Boston Funeral Hundreds of political luminaries paid tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy on a rainy Saturday in Boston as three days of memorials were set to culminate with his entombment near his slain brothers. Continue reading
May 28 Watch Book Chronicles Arlington National Cemetery The book, "Where Valor Rests," tells the stories surrounding Arlington National Cemetery through the work of professional photographers. Contributors to the book talk about their most meaningful moments. Continue watching