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280,000 flags placed during annual Arlington Cemetery tradition

Within four hours on Thursday, a thousand Old Guard Soldiers placed an American flag one foot in front of more than 280,000 headstones to honor every individual buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

The 3rd Infantry Regiment, traditionally known as the Old Guard, will also place an American flag at the foot of each Columbarium to account for the more than 400,000 interred.

A Tomb Sentinel conducted a ceremony at noon at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Sentinel placed American flags at each of the four crypts to honor all of our nation's fallen heroes.

The Memorial Day "flags-in" tradition has been followed at Arlington since 1948.

Another national tradition is for all Americans to fly their flags at half-mast on Memorial Day. 

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the proper etiquette is that the flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon only, then raised briskly to the top of the staff until sunset, in honor of the nation’s battle heroes.

In the early days of our country, no regulations existed for flying the flag at half-staff and there were many conflicting policies. But in 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower issued a proclamation on the proper times.




(Photo Department of Defense/US Army)
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