National Flags

'Flags-In' sets the stage for Memorial Day at Arlington

25 May 2012

Soldiers from the Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) fanned out across Arlington National Ceremony on Thursday afternoon, placing over 220,000 American flags at gravestones in a Memorial Day weekend tradition.

Vet reaches, then expands goal: Flags for Fallen Veterans statewide

24 May 2012

CLEBURNE - The pallets were stacked high with boxes, and as each pallet left the truck, Bob Fussner's smile grew. "We're almost there!" he said. He unsealed a box and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the American flags inside. "These are what we were waiting for," Fussner said. He'd received the delivery that will make Memorial Day look the way he believes it should look: a flag for every ...

Soldiers place thousands of flags at Arlington graves ahead of Memorial Day

24 May 2012

Soldiers placed small American flags at the graves of more than 260,000 service members in Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.