During the annual Flags In ceremony, soldiers with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and fellow service members place more than 260,000 U.S. flags at every grave site at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery. Here’s a look at this year’s ceremony.

Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place U.S. flags at gravesites in Section 25 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 25, 2023. This was the 75th anniversary of Flags In, where over 1,000 service members placed more than 260,000 flags at gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery.

Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery/U.S. Army