Michael Ruane

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Michael Ruane

Deborah Berlinger Eiferman rose from her wheelchair and was helped to the lectern set up in the grass near the grave of her uncle, Army Pvt. David Moser - her “baby uncle” as she called him - in Arlington Cemetery. She is 102. He was 20 when he died, a Jewish soldier killed by influenza in 1919 in Germany after fighting in World War I. But for over a century he had been in Arlington beneath a tombstone mistakenly incised with the Christian cross.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Ruane

After a century, two Jewish soldiers get tombstones with Star of David at Arlington (washingtonpost.com) After a century, two Jewish soldiers get tombstones with Star of David at Arlington By Michael E. Ruane 2025041210000000 Deborah Berlinger Eiferman rose from her wheelchair and was helped to the lectern set up in the grass near the grave of her uncle, Army Pvt. David Moser — her "baby uncle" as she called him — in Arlington Cemetery. She is 102.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Ruane

Army to resume horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington Cemetery (washingtonpost.com) Army to resume horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington Cemetery By Michael E. Ruane 2025040822063800 The Army said Tuesday that it was partially resuming its horse-drawn caisson program for funerals in Arlington National Cemetery, three years after an investigation found that neglectful treatment of horses had contributed to a spate of equine deaths. Maj. Gen.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Ruane

The 200-year-old silver spoon was bent and cracked when archaeologist Julie Schablitsky found it in the dirt in the remote Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore two years ago. She had been digging at the site where Harriet Tubman, the famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, is believed to have lived with her parents in the years before she escaped enslavement and began guiding others to freedom.

1 month ago | southfloridareporter.com | Tobi Raji |Michael Ruane

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of a broader effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence. A cemetery spokesperson confirmed Friday that it removed internal links directing users to webpages listing the dozens of "Notable Graves" of Black, Hispanic and female veterans and their spouses.