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Bill Barnett, left, grandfather of Darin Taylor Hoover, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in honor of Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fake story about Trump at Arlington Cemetery blows back on Democrats

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Bob Quackenbush, left, deputy chief of staff for Arlington National Cemetery, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Raskin wants Army answers on Trump’s alleged incident at Arlington National Cemetery

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Marlon Bateman, left, former U.S. Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas, former U.S. Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart, center front, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump place their hands over their heart after placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in honor of the 13 service members killed at Abbey Gate, at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Army says Arlington employee’s competence ‘unfairly attacked’ by Trump team

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at the 2024 summer meeting of the National Governors Association Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah governor takes heat over Arlington National Cemetery photo with Trump in campaign email

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

Illustration on Confederate soldiers buried in Arlington Cemetery by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Another Confederate monument bites the dust

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A &quot;love&quot; balloon and flowers are left among the grave stones in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Section 60 is where the men and women who died in America's most recent wars, especially Iraq and Afghanistan, are buried. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate monument should be removed, panel says

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Tomb guards walks at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

‘As important now as it was then’: Unknown Soldier hits century mark with tributes, questions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Final preparations are made ahead of the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

An inauguration unlike any other amid a pandemic, unrest

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Maine-made wreaths are headed to Arlington National Cemetery

Associated Press

In this Dec. 14, 2019, photo, people walk among headstones with holiday wreaths in Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz) **FILE**

Army reverses decision to cancel annual holiday wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Wreaths to be placed at Arlington cemetery despite pandemic

Associated Press

In this November 1943 file photo, bodies and wrecked amphibious tractors litter a battlefield, after U.S. Marines from the 2nd Division forced back the Japanese on Betio island in the Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati.. (AP Photo, File) **FILE**

Remains discovered after more than 75 years identified as Marine killed in WWII battle

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 14, 2019, photo, people walk among headstones with holiday wreaths in Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz) **FILE**

Arlington National Cemetery loosens COVID-19 restrictions as cases trend down

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 28, 2019, file photo, a military bugler plays taps during a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ** FILE **

Arlington National Cemetery visitors restricted to family members during Memorial Day holiday

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 5, 2019, file photo, Thomas and Natalie Henry-Howell, third and fourth from left, arrive for the memorial service for their son, Riley Howell, one of two students killed in a campus shooting at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, in Lake Junaluska, N.C. Howell, a college student who died tackling a gunman at the university has been posthumously awarded one of the nation's highest civilian honors. Howell was honored with a Congressional Medal of Honor Society Citizen Award at wreath-laying ceremony live-streamed from Washington on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)

Slain North Carolina college student awarded Medal of Honor

Associated Press

A military bugler plays taps during a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Arlington National Cemetery burial restriction plan hit by American Legion

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Indiana WWII vet buried at Arlington on D-Day anniversary

Associated Press

A caisson carries the casket containing the remains of five Army Air Forces crew members of a B-17 bomber shot down during a mission over Germany in World War II for a group burial at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, June 27, 2018. The crew members are; Tech. Sgt. John Brady, of Taunton, Mass.; Tech. Sgt. Allen Chandler Jr., of Fletcher, Okla.; 1st Lt. John Liekhus, of Anaheim, Calif.; Staff Sgt. Robert Shoemaker, of Takoma Park, Md.; and Staff Sgt. Bobby Younger, of McKinney, Texas. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Arlington National Cemetery closes for bomb threat investigation

By Carleton Bryant - The Washington Times

Illustration on funeral services for Master Sargeant Aaron Kliatchko by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A belated funeral for a war hero

By Jerome Kleiman