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News4 and Telemundo 44 clear Arlington Cemetery wreaths
If you drive past Arlington National Cemetery, you might notice wreaths on the headstones are now gone. That is because of a volunteer group who helped clean up. News4’s Tommy McFly shows us how.
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Wreaths Out 2024 at Arlington National Cemetery
Some members of the News4 team traveled to Arlington National Cemetery to clean up wreaths placed there last month.
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Volunteers wanted for Wreaths Out at Arlington National Cemetery
Almost a quarter million wreaths were placed on the graves at Arlington National Cemetery in December by the organization Wreaths Across America. Next Saturday morning, volunteers are needed for Wreaths Out. News4’s Tommy McFLY reports.
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Volunteer with NBC4's The Scene and Telemundo 44 at Arlington National Cemetery
On Saturday, Jan. 20, we’re bringing people together to clean up the wreaths placed at Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America.
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Confederate memorial removed from Arlington National Cemetery
A century-old memorial to Confederate soldiers is now in the process of being removed from Arlington National Cemetery after a ruling by a federal judge. News4’s Jackie Bensen explains how legal challenges persisted until hours before the removal began.
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Work resumes on Arlington Confederate memorial removal
A century-old memorial to Confederate soldiers was removed from Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday after a ruling by a federal judge.
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Confederate memorial removed from Arlington National Cemetery
A century-old memorial to Confederate soldiers was removed from Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday after a ruling by a federal judge. Photos provided by cemetery officials show a crew using a crane to hoist up the bronze statue near sunrise. “In accordance with the recent court ruling, the Army has resumed the deliberate process of removing the Confederate Memorial from…
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Judge lifts injunction blocking removal of Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery
The U.S. Army will resume the removal of a century-old memorial to Confederate soldiers from Arlington National Cemetery following a court ruling Tuesday evening, the cemetery said in a statement.
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Judge issues order keeping Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery for now
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. A group called Defend Arlington, affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal court in Alexandria seeking the restraining order. A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday. Work to remove the memorial...
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Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery
A Confederate memorial’s days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered. A cemetery official says the memorial is to be removed from the northern Virginia cemetery in the coming days. It’s part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military facilities. The decision ignores a demand from some Republican congressmen that the Pentagon suspend efforts to remove...
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Confederate memorial to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery
The removal of the statue is a part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities, an Arlington National Cemetery spokesperson said.
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Wreath Across America volunteers to lay wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery
The wreaths will honor the over 270,000 service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery. News4’s Juliana Valencia has a preview of the event.
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Marine killed in Osprey crash laid to rest in Arlington
Cpl. Spencer Collart, 21, was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. Collart was one of three Marines killed when their aircraft crashed in Australia. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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Funerals at Arlington Cemetery delayed by bomb threat
News4’s Megan McGrath reports.
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Arlington Cemetery funerals delayed by bomb threat
The cemetery was evacuated and closed to investigate the threat about 9 a.m. Information about the origin of the threat and how it came in was not yet available.
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Arlington Cemetery funerals delayed by bomb threat Friday
The cemetery was evacuated and closed to investigate the threat Friday about 9 a.m. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.
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Metro starts summer construction at Orange Line Stations, Arlington Cemetery
Construction has begun at four Orange Line Stations and the Blue Line’s Arlington Cemetery Station. News4’s Megan McGrath reports on how this will impact commuters this summer.
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‘Thank You': Soldiers Placing American Flags at Headstones in Arlington Cemetery
The Army’s Old Guard is continuing a long tradition of Memorial Day weekend and placing flags on the grave sites of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
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After Arlington National Cemetery Horse Deaths, Army Makes Changes to Their Care
The Army has announced changes to the way it will care for the gray and black horses that carry service members’ flag-draped caskets to their final resting places in Arlington National Cemetery. This comes after the deaths last year of two horses in the ceremonial unit exposed their poor living conditions. Both horses had to be euthanized after suffering from...
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County Seeks Cash for Land to Expand Arlington Cemetery
A trial underway in federal court will decide whether the U.S. government must pay up to $21 million to compensate a Virginia county for land taken to expand Arlington National Cemetery. The expansion project has already begun and is expected to extend the cemetery’s ability to accommodate new burials by 19 years, until 2060. At issue is how much money,...