Easter Sunrise Service

Join Arlington National Cemetery and Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall for the annual National Military Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, March 31, 6:30-7:30 a.m.

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National dialogue begins at Arlington National Cemetery

National dialogue begins at Arlington National Cemetery

July 29, 2017

Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) is at another crossroads in its history. In about twenty-five years, ANC will run out of space as an active cemetery to honor our Nation's veterans. In order to significantly extend ANC's capacity, changes to either eligibility criteria and/or expansion of the cemetery's geographic footprint are required. Through Public Law 114-58, Congress directed the Secretary of the Army to provide this report to identify the current status and inform ways to extend the life expectancy of the cemetery well into the future. The Secretary of the Army's Report to Congress identified the current status of ANC, and options of future life.


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Burial Capacity
Report to Congress
New exhibit open at Arlington National Cemetery

New exhibit open at Arlington National Cemetery

May 30, 2017

Changes are underway at Arlington National Cemetery's Welcome Center. In a joint Effort with the American Battle Monuments Commission, ANC will unveil its new World War I exhibit in an official grand opening ceremony Friday, March 31, 8 a.m.


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Flags-In at Arlington National Cemetery scheduled for May 25

Flags-In at Arlington National Cemetery scheduled for May 25

May 11, 2017
Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) will conduct Flags-In, Thursday, May 25 beginning at 1 p.m., in Arlington National Cemetery. Within four hours, more than a thousand Soldiers will place an American flag at each of the headstones and at the foot of each Columbariums to honor the more than 400,000 interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Flags-In
The Old Guard
National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery

National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery

May 09, 2017
The National Memorial Day Observance to honor America's fallen service members is scheduled for Monday, May 29 at Arlington National Cemetery. The Presidential Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony will begin at 11 a.m., followed by an observance program in Arlington National Cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater.

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Memorial Day
Wreath-Laying Ceremony
Arlington National Cemetery's Superintendent is newest Army SES

Arlington National Cemetery's Superintendent is newest Army SES

March 02, 2017

The U.S. Army welcomed the newest member to its Senior Executive Service during an induction ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery March 2, 2017.

Katharine Kelley, superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, took the oath of office during her SES pinning and induction ceremony, hosted by Karen Durham-Aguilera, executive director, Army National Military Cemeteries.

 


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Induction Ceremony
Leadership
Memorial service for Tuskegee Airmen, 2LT Samuel G. Leftenant

Memorial service for Tuskegee Airmen, 2LT Samuel G. Leftenant

January 12, 2016

On April 12, 1945, while escorting bombers to Sankt Veit, Austria during World War II, two P-51 Mustangs piloted by 2nd Lt. James L. Hall Jr. and 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant (both Tuskegee Airmen) collided.

Hall bailed from his damaged P-51 before it crashed and became a prisoner of war. Leftenant was never seen again. He was reported "Missing-In-Action" on April 12, 1945 and was declared dead in 1946.  2nd Lt. Leftenant was posthumously awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.

A full military honors memorial service for 2LT Samuel G. Leftenant will be held in Memorial Section K at the north end of the cemetery, on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 9:00 AM. The service is open to the public.


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Memorial Service
Tuskegee Airmen

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ANC Arboretum
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