The national cemetery usually hosts thousands for its annual Memorial Day remembrance. This year, ceremonies were closed to the public.

The cemetery reopened at 3 p.m. after it had been closed to the general public since around 11 a.m.

At Joint Base Myer in Arlington.

Enhanced screenings will begin in November.

The need to be the very best is perhaps bringing out the worst in some Pokemon Go players.

Photo by Samer Farha Metro has unveiled its February weekend and weeknight track maintenance schedules, among them another holiday weekend closure of two Metro stations. The Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations will be closed for the entire Presidents’ Day weekend, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, through midnight on Monday, Feb. 15. The closures will allow Metro to perform a major track rehabilitation project at the Rosslyn station. Rosslyn is a major…

Comments time! Thanks for the good ones, and keep them coming. While you’re at it, are you sick of your cute panda avatar? Why not change it? Last week’s comment of the week is IHateParis on getting a refund for long Metro delays: I complained to Metro once when my train was offloaded at Arlington Cemetery (back a few months ago when there were all those rail fires) and we were all left to…

Via WMATA:The Pentagon Metrorail station was closed at 2:42 p.m. this afternoon to allow officials to investigate a report of a suspicious package at the station. Trains are not passing through the station. Instead, Blue and Yellow Line stations are turning back at the stations on each side of the Pentagon Metrorail station–at Pentagon City Metrorail station and Arlington Cemetery Metrorail station. Officials have requested shuttle buses at those stations to move customers around the…

Looks like lots of folks stuck around for the Memorial Day events in D.C. this weekend. There are some fantastic shots of Rolling Thunder celebrating their 20th anniversary, poingant images of families visiting their loved ones at Arlington Cemetery, and some more lighthearted shots like this one, of a sweet Model A Ford brought out by the Marines. Flickr user {ryan} describes them by how hard they were to shoot, the “chrome and paint…

So, who took place in yesterday’s National Night Out? I have to admit that a combination of the heat and roundup duties kept me from joining my neighbors and local police officers in the barbeque and walk of the area that took place last night. But surely some of you participated in your own neighborhoods’ Night Out events. How was it? Area Survives Heat, For Now: Today’s Post covers the heatwave in the Metro section’s…