"Flags-In" ceremony held ahead of Memorial Day

Soldiers with 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, kwn as Old Guard, spent Thursday placing a small American flag at each gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery ahe of Memorial Day.

trition is kwn as "flags-in," and it has been held annually since to hor nation's fallen warriors since Army named Old Guard as its official ceremonial unit in 1948.

According to Arlington National Cemetery, a small American flag is placed in front of more than 228,000 hestones and at or key sites.

Soldiers insert each flag into ground exactly one boot length from hestone's base.

cemetery says it is open only to those holding a "family pass" during Memorial Day weekend.

flags will be removed after Memorial Day, before cemetery opens to public.

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