Volunteers to Distribute Roses for Memorial Day
A group of volunteers is working to to bring floral beauty to graves at Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day. This Monday, May 28, more than 100 volunteers from Memorial Day Flowers will...
Posts Tagged ‘Memorial Day’
Clarendon War Memorial Shows More than Just War History
(Updated at 4:30 p.m.) In preparation for Memorial Day, there's a place in Arlington that might be worth a look -- and it's not Arlington National Cemetery. Thousands pass by it daily, but...
Heavy Traffic on Area Highways
If you're trying to leave town for Memorial Day weekend on I-66 or I-395, you're going to have plenty of company. Westbound I-66 is slow from Rosslyn to Falls Church. Meanwhile, northbound I-395...
Memorial Day Weekend Crawfish Boil in Courthouse
Bayou Bakery in Courthouse (1515 N. Courthouse Road) will be holding a crawfish boil this weekend to help celebrate Memorial Day Louisiana-style. Owner and chef David Guas will use a...
Rolling Thunder Departs, Peace and Quiet Returns
It's hard to criticize a group that travels long distances to gather in support of our troops. It's even harder when that same patriotic group is helping the local economy by staying at local hotels...
Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, In Photos
Photos courtesy of Flickr poolers brianmka (middle right) and philliefan99 (top row, middle left) and TBD's Jeff Sonderman (bottom row). Join our Flickr pool here....
Morning Notes
Biden Leads Memorial Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery -- Vice President Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and gave the keynote speech at the Memorial Day ceremony at...
Gearing up for Memorial Day Weekend
Yes, May has been an insane month. From stolen wigs to stolen cell phones, and from DoD job losses to creating new jobs for exotic dancers (or, at the very least, local arguments for it),...
Afternoon Notes: Fake FBI Agent Pleads Guilty
Fake FBI Agent Pleads Guilty -- Brenna Marie Reilly, 29, was arrested in Arlington in March and accused of impersonating an FBI agent. Prosecutors say that as part of the elaborate ruse, Reilly went...
