The creation of Arlington National Cemetery, on this day in history, June 15, 1864, began with the seizure of Robert E. Lee's Virginia home after he defected to the Confederacy in the Civil War.

Arlington National Cemetery is hallowed ground, a peaceful spot to remember those who died in the chaos of war and combat. Its 639 acres include the graves of more than 400,000 U.S. service ...

That land would become the Arlington National Cemetery. It is 150 years old this month. Every day, members of the Army’s Old Guard, the oldest regiment in our history, are among those who ...

Arlington National Cemetery is running out of room. About 95,000 burial spaces remain. But 22 million living Armed Forces members are eligible for them.

In announcing the historic designation last month, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said that “for 150 years, Arlington National Cemetery has defined how America commemorates ...

Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three ...

A solemn 14-acre section at Arlington National Cemetery that is largely reserved for deceased U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has suddenly become the focus of controversy, after ...

A major project to add 70 acres to Arlington National Cemetery while reconfiguring the eastern end of Columbia Pike is inching forward. The cemetery's southern expansion project will add about ...

To submit a comment to Arlington National Cemetery's Confederate Memorial Removal Environmental Impact Statement, visit the website and fill out the electronic form by 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 2, 2023.

Arlington National Cemetery spans 639 acres next to the Pentagon, across the Potomac River, overlooking Washington, D.C. More than 400,000 veterans and their eligible dependents are buried at ...