"Flags-In"

Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. 

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

 

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

      

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill)

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

   

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill)

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill)

UNITED STATES - MAY 24: Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place over 220 thousand American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day  on May 24, 2012. (Photo by Craig Bisacre/The Hill

Thank to all those who serve or who have served!

--Photos copyright Craig Bisacre and The Hill--