ARLINGTON, Va. — Ahead of the Army's 250th anniversary celebration in D.C. Saturday, Arlington National Cemetery is honoring the Army's past, and its own connection to the Army's origins.

Ceremonial cavalry units will be closed down at bases, including one whose horses were showcased during the June 14 military ...

December 22, 2010 – US President Barack Obama signs into law bill S. 3860, which will hold the Secretary of the Army accountable to Congress on Arlington National Cemetery’s ability to ...

Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 400k, with grave sites honoring those who served in every major war in US history. WUSA-TV Washington, D.C.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — In an effort to save dwindling space, the Army is proposing new rules to limit who can be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Under the current rules, the cemetery ...

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY − At 6:30 a.m., the scrape of manure shovels and the shuffling of horse hooves echoed through the red-brick stable at Fort Myer. Soldiers from the caisson detachment ...

US President Donald Trump arrived to deliver remarks at the National Veterans Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheatre in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 26, 2025.

The Army is giving the affected bases 12 months to shutter the ceremonial cavalry units, ... The Arlington National Cemetery horses are part of the caisson platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, ...

A U.S. Army Caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2010.

The Army, however, will keep operating the Old Guard ceremonial caisson units at Joint Base San Antonio and Arlington National Cemetery for burial honors. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you ...

The Army has just recently resumed caisson operations at Arlington National Cemetery after an investigation found the horses in those units were mistreated, left to graze in lots with little grass ...