Lens Blog: Luke Sharrett's Photographs of Arlington National C...

Millions of words have been written about Arlington National Cemetery through the years, but none can ever do justice to the singular atmosphere of the place itself. From its founding in 1866, just

Dod photo / Robert D. Ward Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery Remember the There were lots of doomsday predictions about what would happen when the $85.4 billion in spending reductions took effect for fiscal year 2013 (with similar cuts ...

Prince Harry of Great Britain, visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried, on May 10, 2013 in Virginia. Credit: Memorial Day is a day to remember those military men and women ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- For more than 100 years, the cremated remains of two brothers Civil War soldiers from Indiana sat on a funeral home shelf, unclaimed and largely forgotten. On Thursday, their remains were given a final resting place at Arlington ...

ARLINGTON, Va. The eternal flame at the gravesite of former President John F. Kennedy is undergoing repairs at Arlington National Cemetery. Before the repairs began, workers used a torch Monday to carry the flame and pass it to a temporary burner ...

Source: AFP PRINCE Harry has paid tribute at Arlington National Cemetery, walking through Section 60, resting place of many who died in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The prince, who has served twice in Afghanistan, placed a wreath and note at the ...

Arlington National Cemetery responded to outrage Tuesday after a U.S. Air Force veteran said she was willing to give up her burial plot for suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The cemetery posted to its Facebook page: "We have been receiving ...

Dozens of people who had never met gathered Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery, all linked by four men who were killed in a battle that had touched them all. They were four sailors, the crew of a Navy rescue helicopter, who were shot down ...

Navy Lt. Dennis Peterson will finally be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, 45 years after his helicopter was shot down in North Vietnam. It took that long to recover and identify his remains. His daughter Dennise Wilson of Monument ...