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The Arlington Ladies are a group of volunteers who attend funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery to ensure that no Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Coast Guardsman is buried alone. The Arlington Ladies began in 1948 within the Air Force. The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Hoyt Vandenberg, and his wife, Gladys, routinely attended ...
May 27, 2022 · News. Policy. Politics. Final Salute: The Arlington Ladies Honor Those Who Served. Each Memorial Day we remember loved ones, but these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers every day of the...
Prominent Women. Carol H. Arndt (1919–1980) — Carol Arndt was a journalist and women's editor of Army Times. She is interred with her husband, Lt. Cmdr. Edward J. Arndt, U.S. Navy. (Columbarium Court 1, Section F-10, Niche 2) Fay Bainter (1893–1968) — A film and Broadway actress during the era of silent film, Fay Okell Bainter won the ...
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Dec 23, 2020 · Arlington Lady Paula McKinley poses for photographs in Arlington National Cemetery Sept. 22, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue) For McKinley, these are the important stories you don’t see on a headstone at Arlington. “Every person buried at Arlington is a hero, a hero to someone,” McKinley said.
Women's Memorial. The exterior of the Military Women’s Memorial at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 12, 2021. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size...
Arlington officially became a national cemetery on June 15, 1864, by order of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. The original cemetery was 200 acres, and has since grown to 639 acres (as of early 2020). Arlington became a segregated cemetery, just like all national cemeteries at the time, and remained segregated by race and rank until 1948, when ...
