REAL ID Required as of May 7

Beginning May 7, 2025, all individuals over the age of 18 who enter Arlington National Cemetery in a vehicle should be prepared to present a REAL ID at the security check point. 

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The Capture of Berchtesgaden

By Kevin M. Hymel on 5/2/2020

After Adolf Hitler took his own life on April 30, 1945, and Soviet forces captured Berlin on May 2, only one prize remained for the Allies: Berchtesgaden, the town near Adolf Hitler’s mountaintop retreat.

Experience Arlington National Cemetery from Home

While Arlington National Cemetery is closed to visitors, you can still experience its beauty and history from home! 

Doolittle Raider Richard Cole

By Kevin M. Hymel on 4/18/2020

Seventy-eight years ago today, on April 18, 1942, Lieutenant Richard Cole sat next to Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle as Doolittle flew his twin-engine North American B-25 Mitchell bomber off the deck of the USS Hornet in the Pacific Ocean. 

Nurses in the Spanish-American War

To honor their service—and in conjunction with our new Education Program in development, which includes a unit on nurses in the Spanish-American War —today we highlight nurses buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

JFK’s World War II Rescuer

By Kevin M. Hymel on 2/18/2020

Without William F. Liebenow, there might not have been a President John F. Kennedy. Today, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to Kennedy’s grave at Arlington National Cemetery, while few people visit the simple headstone that marks Liebenow’s grave in nearby Section 62.

Air Force Chief of Chaplains Recalls a Flyover

By Kevin M. Hymel on 2/12/2020

Chaplain (Major General) Steven Schaick, the U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains, spent three years as a young captain conducting funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. He has plenty of fond memories of his service there, but ask him about his most poignant recollection and he’ll tell you about the flyover.

Laying a Wreath at ANC

By Kevin M. Hymel on 2/11/2020

Valerie Haeder enjoyed the pine scent wafting from the back of the truck filled with wreaths as she waited to receive hers. “It’s Christmas in a truck,” she recalled.

Battle of Midway Hero Rests at ANC

By Kevin M. Hymel on 12/20/2019

In the movie “Midway,” Lieutenant Commander Richard “Dick” Best (played by Ed Skrein) dives his SBD Dauntless bomber toward two Japanese aircraft carriers and drops his bombs, scoring hits on both—on the same day! Anyone watching the movie might think this heroic act was the stuff of Hollywood dramatic license, but it was not.

Kevin M. Hymel
Navy
US Navy

Preserving ANC's Built Heritage: Tanner Amphitheater

By Timothy Lawson on 12/12/2019

In June 2019, ANC, in partnership with the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center, finished a four-year project to restore the James Tanner Amphitheater, constructed in 1873. 

Timothy Lawson
restoration
Tanner Amphitheater

Remembering a Hero Laid to Rest This Day Fifteen Years Ago

By Timothy Lawson on 11/29/2019

Fifteen years ago, we laid to rest Corporal Dale A. Burger, Jr. who was killed in action during the Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004.

Timothy Lawson
Battle of Fallujah
Marine Corps
OIF
Silver Star