‘Flags In’ Tradition Honors Fallen Warfighters for Memorial Day

By • on May 25, 2012

‘Flags In’ Tradition Honors Fallen Warfighters for Memorial Day

By Terri Moon Cronk
American Forces Press Service

ARLINGTON, Va., May 25, 2012 – More than 1,200 soldiers assigned to the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard,” gathered at Arlington National Cemetery here yesterday to place miniature American flags on each of its gravesites and niches for the annual “Flags In” ritual that’s been performed just before each Memorial Day for 64 years.

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Army Pvt. Aaron Johnson places a small American flag in front of a gravesite headstone during the annual “Flags In” event at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 24, 2012. Johnson, assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, the Army’s “Old Guard,” and his comrades placed flags in front of more than 260,000 gravesite headstones and about 7,300 niches at the cemetery’s columbarium. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.

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