Over 1,000 service members were out at sunrise at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday for the annual "Flags In" to honor the nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day.

A soldier from the U.S. Army's "Old Guard," the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, places American flags in front of more than 228,000 headstones in Arlington National Cemetery, May 23, 2019.

On Memorial Day, each gravesite of the more than 260,000 U.S. service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery will have a small American flag carefully positioned exactly one boot's length ...

More than 1,500 soldiers from The Old Guard placed American flags at more than 260,000 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery early Thursday morning, ahead of Memorial Day.

For Kittle, Memorial Day had been just another day to get together with his family for a cookout, until he became a part of the Old Guard-- the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment which carries out "Flags ...

Soldiers will place U.S. flags in front of more than 280,000 headstones on Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia as part of a Memorial Day tradition called “flags in.” ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — It was a simple but meaningful process repeated on hallowed ground about 220,000 times on Thursday: Toe of the combat boot placed against the center of a headstone, flag planted ...

For more than 40 years, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as the Army's "Old Guard," has placed American flags on each of the 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of the ...

Every year before Memorial Day, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," places American flags at the headstones of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery.