(25 May 2017) Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," placed more than 280,000 small flags at the headstones of those buried at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday to mark the Memorial Day weekend.
The annual tradition, known as 'Flags In,' began in 1948 to honor the nation's fallen military heroes.
The soldiers also place about 14,000 flags at the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington.
The flags are then removed after the Memorial Day weekend.
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