The History of Arlington National Cemetery, Where Every Day is Memorial Day | EWTN News Nightly
- Preacher
- Mother Angelica
- Tradition
- Roman Catholic
- Published
- Length
- 3:01
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A historian says every day is Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. It holds up to 30 burials a day and plans to continue for decades to come. Historian Tim Frank is a Catholic and joins to share how Memorial Day had its start under a different name. Frank explains "The first Decoration Day in 1868, thousands of people showed up to Arlington to decorate the graves with flowers, and every year we started seeing thousands more come to Arlington on Decoration Day. So much so that Arlington became the premier National Cemetery." He continues, "We actually have veterans from the American Revolution, who are brought here from other cemeteries after we became a cemetery. We have soldiers and sailors, unknown soldiers and sailors from the War of 1812. We have unknown soldiers from the Civil War. So we really have service members from every single conflict in our history. And no doubt we'll have future conflicts where service members will continue to be buried here in Arlington." EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf
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