Army will end most of its ceremonial horse programs
The Army, however, will keep operating the Old Guard ceremonial caisson units at Joint Base San Antonio and Arlington National Cemetery for burial honors.
By Tara Copp, AP
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VA officials work to raise awareness of cemetery, burial services
Only about 20% of veterans are interred at national or state veterans cemeteries.
The Army must change Arlington burial rules proposal that breaks promise to retirees
The changes proposed will render those who honorably served 20 or more years ineligible for in-ground burial and the military honors currently afforded to retirees at Arlington.
By Robin B. Umberg and Thomas J. Umberg
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is finding and honoring its veterans with the help of families
Green-Wood Cemetery's WWII project is intended to identify the graves of veterans and commemorate them with an online biography.
By Harm Venhuizen
WWII veteran wants to be buried in Navy uniform, so she made one
A Florida seamstress made a 96-year-old World War II veteran a new Navy uniform to fulfill his request that he be buried in it when the time arrived.
By Gabrielle Calise, The Tampa Bay Times via the AP