REAL ID Requirements

Beginning May 7, 2025, all individuals over the age of 18 who are authorized to drive onto Arlington National Cemetery should be prepared to present a REAL ID at the security checkpoint.

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“He Dedicated His Life to the Service”: Honoring a Vietnam Veteran Who Served in the Army and Marine Corps

“He dedicated his life to the service,” Wade Spiegel said, as he sat in the front row of his father, Master Sgt. Kenneth Spiegel’s, funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery on April 15, 2025. Staring at his father’s urn, he added, “Even after he retired, he was 100 percent still involved, every single day and now he’s home.”  

  

Soulmates and Service: Military Spouse's Legacy Lives On, in Berlin and Beyond

Virginia Worthington never wore a uniform, but like many military spouses, she served her country in significant ways. During the Cold War, she worked as an executive secretary at U.S. embassies in Europe; opened a store and restaurant to serve Americans abroad; and, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, helped create “The Berlin Wall Art Collection.”  

“An Amazing Life”: Vietnam Veteran Fought at Hamburger Hill Laid to Rest

When U.S. Army veteran Joseph Bossi passed away, his daughter Jessica Bossi knew she had to have him buried in a national military cemetery. “Nothing else made sense,” she said. “It never occurred to him that his service would have merited burial in Arlington, so I'm incredibly proud to have done that for him.”    

From Sailor to Rear Admiral: A Final Tribute to a Navy Aviation Legacy

Rear Adm. Frederick J. Metz’s dedicated service and ambition advanced him through the ranks, from sailor to rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. During the Vietnam War, he flew attack and bombing missions in a Grumman A-6 Intruder aircraft off of carriers in the South China Sea. He later led his own A-6 squadron.  

Honoring a President’s Pilot

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Paul Tim Corbin spent four years flying presidents in the helicopter known as Marine One. Corbin, call sign “Irish,” qualified on the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter and served in several Marine squadrons before joining Marine Helicopter Squadron One in 1989. The squadron is responsible for transporting the president and vice president of the United States and other high-level officials. 

Two-Time Pulitzer Prize-Winning Navy Veteran Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery

At Jon Daniel Franklin’s funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery on April 8, 2025, U.S. Navy Chaplain (Lt.) Everett Fraley said that when Franklin was growing up in Oklahoma, adults would ask him what he wanted to be when he grew up. According to Fraley, he would tell them, “I want to change the world, to make it a better place.” Franklin became a well-known pioneer of literary journalism, which utilized literary and creative techniques in nonfiction. He also taught journalism, worked as a writing coach and earned two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting for the Baltimore Evening Sun.  

“Home at Last, After 80 Years”: Missing WWII Bomber Crewman Identified and Laid to Rest

When a member of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) called Anthony Kowalewski and told him they had positively identified his uncle, who was killed in World War II, he felt humbled. At his uncle’s funeral in Section 33 on April 9, 2025, he spoke about his surprise that a simple DNA test “turned into the ability to have this ceremony and to bring him home, at last, after 80 years.” 

From the Burmese Jungle to Arlington: An OSS Agent’s Service

During World War II, Daniel “Dan” Weinstein parachuted into the Burmese jungle to organize and train the local population to fight invading Japanese forces. As a demolition expert, he also defused enemy land mines to help build the Burma Road, the Allies’ vital supply line that linked Burma to China. On April 3, 2025, Dan and his wife, Betty Jo Weinstein, were inurned together in Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 63 columbarium. 

Arlington National Cemetery Unveils New Headstones of Jewish Soldiers Over a Century After Their Death

Almost two hundred people gathered at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) on April 7, 2025, to commemorate the unveiling of two new headstones, which now reflect the proper religious symbol, more than a century after their death.

A Seasonal Message of Hope: Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Hosts Annual Easter Sunrise Service

More than a thousand people, many wearing their Sunday best, came to Arlington National Cemetery in the predawn darkness of April 20, 2025, to attend the annual Easter Sunrise Service at the Memorial Amphitheater. The service, hosted by Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, dates back to 1927 as a non-denominational tradition that draws people from all walks of life to hear a seasonal message of hope.