National cemeteries
5 guides on National cemeteries, from choosing flowers to getting them placed.
Veterans & Military Honors
What Coins on a Veteran's Grave Mean: Penny, Nickel, Dime and Quarter
A coin on a veteran's headstone is a quiet message to the family. What a penny, nickel, dime and quarter mean, how to leave one, and what cemeteries do with them.
Veterans & Military Honors
Memorial Day Flowers for a Grave: Traditions, Flags and What Cemeteries Allow
How families honor a grave on Memorial Day, what national cemeteries allow that weekend, the flag rules, and when to have flowers placed so they are there for the holiday.
Veterans & Military Honors
Veterans Day Flowers for a Grave: Honoring Service on November 11
Veterans Day honors everyone who served. What to place at a veteran's grave on November 11, the national cemetery window, and how it differs from Memorial Day.
Veterans & Military Honors
Flowers at a Veteran's Grave: National Cemetery Rules, Windows and What to Send
VA national cemetery flower rules, from DFW to Great Lakes: fresh flowers any day, artificial flowers only on each cemetery's own dates, no glass.
Cemetery Rules
Cemetery Flower Rules: What You Can Leave at a Grave, and When It Gets Removed
What you can leave at a grave, which flowers and vases cemeteries allow, when crews clear everything, and how to leave flowers so they stay.