Volunteer Flags At Arlington Cemetery This Year Christmas 2024. On saturday, may 25, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.  — in the predawn chill at arlington national cemetery, more than 1,000 service members hoisted backpacks and headed into the rows of headstones.

Offering flowers at a memorial site is a ritual that occurs around the world, symbolizing the beauty and brevity of life. Infantry regiment (the old guard) place flags at gravesites in arlington national cemetery during the annual flags in.