A member of the Sam Houston Texan Band plays the flute during the Arlington Independence Day Parade on July 4 in downtown ...

The Columbus community will be celebrating Fourth of July with a bang — featuring festivities such as parades, live music performances and large-scale firework displays. Read on to learn more about ...

Toast America’s birthday with fireworks, parades, concerts and other events in and around Washington, D.C.

Here’s a look at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Facts Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other ...

Mary Hartie, 71, from left, takes a moment of silence while being comforted by her friend Jesse Valera, 71, at the Arlington Heights Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning. Sofía Oyarzún/soyarzún ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)— Memorial Day weekend kicked off with ceremonies across the region, and one of the most widely recognized took place at the Mountain Home VA in Johnson City. On ...

CINCINNATI — For the past decade, Arlington Memorial Gardens has partnered with Operation Ramp It Up to install 1,000 American flags in its Field of Memories every Memorial Day.

The "Field of Memories" at Arlington Memorial Gardens covers 10 acres, with nearly 1,000 flags tagged with the names of veterans and first responders across from Ronald Reagan Highway.

Just before Memorial Day weekend, the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (also known as The Old Guard) honors America's fallen heroes by placing American flags at gravesites for service members buried at ...

The tradition of placing flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day began after the Civil War. It was originally called Decoration Day and the first official observance was at Arlington National ...

Flags In will not be the only commemorative event at Arlington this weekend. The fourth annual Flowers of Remembrance Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will be Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Old Guard placed about 260,000 flags at the gravestones of service members and their families at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day. Elisabeth Moss took Handmaid’s Tale role to ...