Tag: arlington national cemetery

Fallen soldier honored in Alexandria

By staff On the morning of Sept. 10, Jose Juan Gonzalez, a U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant killed in action in Afghanistan on Aug. 21,...

Our View: Never forget

Our national holidays in the United States have layers of meaning. At their most superficial, they are three-day weekends that lend themselves to cookouts,...

My View: A child’s remembrances of RFK

By Denise Dunbar My family was touring one of the glass-blowing shops in Flemington, New Jersey with out-of-town family on June 6, 1968 when news...

How Alexandria’s Potomack Company built a national reputation

By Louise Krafft “Going once, going twice, sold!” is the familiar call of the auctioneer as the gavel drops and the sale is final. Auctions date...