Arlington National Cemetery will reintroduce caisson horses to some military funerals in June, after a two-year pause to ...

The long-held tradition will be phased in starting June 2 after nearly two years of work to improve the care of the horses.

Beginning the week of June 2, soldiers, their horses and the caisson will carry caskets for two funerals a day and a maximum ...

The program, long an Arlington tradition, was suspended after several equine deaths and reports of neglectful treatment of ...

After a two-year hiatus, horse-drawn caissons will once again be an option at Arlington National Cemetery. The pause came ...

A decorated Air Force veteran of 27 years, Colonel Tara Lunardi’s burial followed months of legal struggles over what her family calls a "paperwork technicality." ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, phasing in the long-held tradition after nearly two years of work to ...

For over 80 years, the family of Sgt. Frank J. Tedone, a Connecticut airman whose plane was shot down in World War II in 1943 ...

WASHINGTON − The Army announced Tuesday that it will resume using horse-drawn caissons for a limited number of funerals at Arlington National Cemetery this summer, three years after it suspended ...

Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) FILE - A U.S. Army Caisson team carries the remains of ...