Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON ‒ For the soldiers and horses carrying former President Jimmy Carter's casket to the Capitol, Tuesday is as ...

Jimmy Carter's remains will be transferred from Atlanta to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, where it will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. Carter died on Sunday, Dec. 29, at the age of 100. He was the ...

The Army's caisson detatchment was worn down by too many funerals, underinvestment and poor care. The Army euthanized two horses, Mickey and Tony, and in 2023 the rest were retired to Florida. By June ...

Two horses were euthanized in 2022 due to poor living conditions and feed; the program was suspended for two years just a few months later Win McNamee/Getty After a two-year hiatus, the Army will once ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A horse-drawn caisson from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office will carry the casket of Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff Larry Henderson to its final resting place in Spring Grove ...

Arlington National Cemetery will soon bring back caisson horses for some military funerals after implementing a nearly two-year pause to improve the herd's health, the Army announced Tuesday. Horses ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A horse-drawn caisson will carry Officer Michael Horan to Westover Church before his funeral service on Thursday. But, what is a caisson? Here’s what we know. According to the North ...

In his time, Klinger would rise at 4:30 a.m., get showered and brushed, spruce up in brass and leather tack then trot out for a 14-hour day — pulling soldiers through gardens of stone. In 20 years of ...

WASHINGTON ‒ For the soldiers and horses carrying former President Jimmy Carter's casket to the Capitol, Tuesday is as high-profile and no-fail a mission as they get. The five soldiers and eight ...

After a two-year hiatus, the Army will once again use horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The program will resume the first week of June, said Karen Durham-Aguilera, ...