Following a two-year pause, the U.S. Army's Old Guard will in June resume its solemn duty of using horse-drawn caissons for servicemembers being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

The use of horse-drawn caissons was then halted in May 2023, in favor of a program aimed towards bettering the horses' conditions. At the time, the remaining horses retired and were sent to live ...

Each squad will have 11 horses. WASHINGTON − The Army announced Tuesday that it will resume using horse-drawn caissons for a limited number of funerals at Arlington National Cemetery this summer ...

The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. Here, a caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during ...

WASHINGTON — The horse-drawn caissons of the 3rd Infantry Regiment that have carried the caskets of deceased service members to gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery since 1948 are scheduled ...

The unit is in its final days of practice, preparing for the return June 2 of carrying deceased troops by horse-drawn caisson wagon to their graves, a tradition that dates to the 19 th century.

The company Corpus Christi Horse Drawn Carriages released this statement on social media: We are thankful S.Mom the horse in last nights incident was deemed sound and in good health after being ...

open image in gallery A horse-drawn carriage pictured on a Dallas, Texas street. A local carriage company owner says the ban is unnecessary, but activists disagree (Gloria Raquel Carbajal ...

A horse-drawn carriage parked in a rideshare zone in Dallas in August 2023. The Dallas City Council is scheduled to vote on a possible ban of horse-drawn carriages on Wednesday. Dallas City ...