Photos: Memorial Day weekend in Arlington

A man runs past the US Marine Corps War Memorial in Rosslyn (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Travelers going through security at DCA ahead of Memorial Day weekend (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Travelers at National Airport ahead of the Memorial Day weekend (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A line of motorcycles on Crystal Drive in Crystal City (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A camouflage Corvette in Crystal City (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The gravestone of Rene Gagnon, one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during WWII (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Tourists exit a bus at the US Marine Corps War Memorial in Rosslyn (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Flags adorn each gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Groundskeeping crew working near the Netherlands Carillon in Rosslyn (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Inside the Pentagon City mall on Memorial Day weekend 2023 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Servicemembers place flags next to graves in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual ‘Flags in’ event ahead of Memorial Day (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery)

It’s Memorial Day weekend in Arlington.

The flags are in at Arlington National Cemetery, ‘Rolling to Remember’ participants are rolling up to local hotels, and the 35% of locals who say they’re traveling for the weekend have been keeping National Airport busy.

ARLnow staff photographer Jay Westcott has been out and about over the past day or so, documenting some of the scenes around the county. Providing an assist is Army photographer Elizabeth Fraser, whose photos of the “Flags In” event were published online by Arlington National Cemetery.

This was the 75th annual Flags In at the cemetery. More, below, from the U.S. Dept. of Defense.

An honored tradition.

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” and other service members placed American flags at headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., in advance of Memorial Day.

This was the 75th anniversary of “Flags In,” during which service members adorn gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery to honor the nation’s fallen heroes.