American heroes are buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. These are heroes who have fought for the dignity of the American flag during the world wars, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and many other combat zones that have recorded American casualties. The cemetery is the largest in the Country with burial every week days. There are close to 300.000 deaths buried in the Arlington Cemetery. The cemetery is partly run by the US Military as well as the Park Services.

Whenever a burial is to be performed in the cemetery, the flag of the nation in the Cemetery is flown at half-staff. There have been record numbers of visitors visiting the Tombs Of The Unknown in the Arlington Cemetery. These are mostly servicemen who died in duty or after but were not identified by any family.