Please read this in its entirety so you understand the full policy & alternative ID options. (Will not apply to groups walking in.) We believe it will apply to groups attending Twilight Tattoo on Fort Myer but will confirm when we know for sure. From ANC website: REAL ID Requirements for Those Authorized to Drive onto Arlington National Cemetery Beginning May 7, 2025, all individuals over the age of 18 who are authorized to drive onto Arlington National Cemetery in a vehicle should be prepared to present a REAL ID at the security checkpoint. This applies to funeral attendees, family pass holders, honor flights, contractors who do not possess a Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC) or an Automated Installation (AIE) badge, family-hired photographers and florists who drive into the cemetery via Memorial Avenue, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall or the Service Complex Gate.   Visitors who arrive by vehicle and park in the Welcome Center parking garage, walk, take the Metro or use a ride share service to ANC will not be required to present a REAL ID, as they will be required to go through standard physical security screeningwithin the Welcome Center.   NOTE: Should security posture at ANC change, all visitors should be prepared to present a REAL ID. Signed into law in Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the federal government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses.” Arlington National Cemetery is a federal facility. This requirement ensures we comply with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and Department of Homeland Security regulations. The goal is to enhance security at federal facilities nationwide.  REAL ID-compliant forms of identification will have of one of the following markings on the upper top portion of the card. If the card does not have one of these markings, it is not REAL ID-compliant and will not/may not be accepted as proof of identity: If you do not have a REAL ID-compliant state driver’s license, the following forms of identification will be accepted:  •  DoD Common Access Card •  DoD Uniformed Services ID Cards (military retiree or dependent ID) •  Local DoD Access Cards and Passes (i.e. Defense Biometric Identification System Card) •  U.S. or Foreign Passport or Passport Cards •  Transportation Worker Identification Cards •  Veteran’s Health Identification Cards •  Federal Personal Identify Verification Cards •  Non-Federal PIV-Interoperable Cards •  An acceptable photo ID issued by a federally recognized Tribal Nation/Indian Tribe, including Enhanced Tribal Cards (ETCs).   For more information, please see your state’s Department of Motor Vehicles website and www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Visit/I

Good morning EPL Team – This is peak week! 25 EPLs on the road!! Our gracious Father has blessed us with such an awesome week – and spring season!   Just wanted to take a moment to let each of you know how much you are appreciated.  We know what incredible dedication and hard work it takes to lead these programs.  Many of you are either on the road at this moment, or have been within the last week, or are heading out shortly.  On behalf of the entire vision and mission of ACTS, THANK YOU!! We are so grateful you are on the ACTS Team.  You are being prayed over by name this week.  We are praying you feel God’s strength, peace, and enduring power.  His strength is made perfect in our weakness.  I know EACH of you are here for such a time as this.      Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.  Zechariah 4:6   For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,  and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to doimmeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.Ephesians 3:14-21 Onward!!

April 16, 2026 Bulletin Museum in Washington, DC Closed Today - April 16 Due to a power outage, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, is CLOSED today. All entry passes for today have been voided. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, is open. Reservations are not required and bus parking is free. All other Smithsonian museums are also open. At this time we do expect to be open Thursday and we will update you as any new developments arise. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Timed tickets for Hebrew Bible is on hold for now. Will likely resume at some point in the month of April but the current plan is for groups to receive their timed tickets for Hebrew Bible with admission tickets. That’s good news! Thanks again for your grace & patience with MOTB as they work to make improvements.

Dear members of the Touring Community, As the Museum and the touring community ramp up to support the busy spring season, we are seeing an increasing number of issues with tickets for our Permanent Exhibition.   We are experiencing tour group leaders bringing invalid or incorrect tickets to be scanned; some tickets within the orders have even been duplicated and will not scan valid.  We also have tour group leaders not bringing any tickets at all, but only the confirmation order number.  If we don’t have a ticket (hard copy or electronic copy) we cannot scan it, and we cannot allow entry to any groups whose tickets cannot be scanned. To remedy this situation, Visitor Services staff will no longer accept invalid or duplicated tickets for entry. If a group or parties of individuals present invalid or duplicated tickets, they will be asked to step out of line and resolve the issue, or find another solution in securing tickets for that current time. As a reminder, it is the responsibility of the tour operators and tour guides to present valid tickets upon entry to the Permanent Exhibition in the Museum.  They will still be welcome to visit the other non-ticketed exhibitions in the Museum. They also may inquire at the Information Desk about any free tickets available or purchase tickets for entry on the Museum’s website. This email message is intended to alert and make members of the touring community aware of these issues with tickets,  and to ensure that their clients are equipped with correct and necessary tickets for a successful visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Hello all, thank you for being part of our 2025 EPL Training. It was so wonderful to see all of you. Please submit all payroll requests and reimbursements under the Tour Code T259001A which is now available in your EPL Hub. Any questions, please let us know. Praying for all of you and grateful for all of you!

Happy Birthday @Gary Wright!! Celebrating birthdays, random EPL meetings & God’s goodness to ACTS for our entire amazing EPL team! You each have made an incredible impact over these past months!

Reminder to read the recent (Wednesday) email from Joe/EPL Support. Please add the new email & phone/text number to your contacts. Please use those for all contact with our EPL leadership team going forward. You won't have to wonder who to call - or who is on tour. We appreciate your help as we try to streamline the process to serve you well! Keeping you all in our prayers!

Good afternoon - we are releasing spring schedules in a preliminary state. Please review carefully - while we have tried diligently to work with everyone's dates, overlapping dates, etc, we may have missed something. We will do a final review on Monday but if you have any discrepancies with what you're seeing posted in your Hub, please email Kim asap. Please do not respond in this forum. Thank you!! And thank you all for your hard work and dedication. We're so grateful to have you on the ACTS Team! Onward!!

We're having a technical issue with Kim being able to post- what she would post if she could to all who attended training... Payroll submission & reimbursement receipts can be completed in your EPL Hub under T249001A. 🙂 Thank you all for coming to training & being a valuable member of the ACTS team! You are greatly appreciated!

The 'Thankful List' is long this year & you are all on it! Thank you for being on the ACTS team! From all of us in the home office, we pray you have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebrating the goodness of God! And for the history nerd in all of us...😊 https://www.prageru.com/video/lincoln-thanksgiving?utm_source=app&utm_medium=share(https://www.prageru.com/video/lincoln-thanksgiving?utm_source=app&utm_medium=share)

No idea what this will be like but passing along if interested: George Washington Documentary Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on Fox News Watch the Fox Nation special 'To Rescue the Constitution' on Sunday, October 8 at 10 pm. The special, hosted by Bret Baier, dramatically reveals the life of George Washington, the Founder who did more than perhaps any other individual to secure the future of the United States.

Hello EPL Team - just a moment to let you know the office team celebrated YOU today as we paused to give God praise for the Spring 2023 season - yesterday marked the final day of the spring season! It was busy, it was blessed, and it was made possible by our GREAT GOD and the incredible ACTS TEAM! From my chair, I get the honor of working with the office team and the road team. I stand in awe of how God continues to provide such an amazing team of people who love Him, love people, love history, and are just a bit crazy!! (I mean who really LOVES to live out of a suitcase and go for a walk in the rain with a 'few' friends?!) We are SO grateful for each incredible person in the ACTS family. Thank you. Thank you for everything each of you did this spring to impact lives for Christ and for eternity. We will never know this side of Heaven the ripple effect of the hours of love and labor that made each of these Programs possible. But God does. What a day THAT will be when we hear those stories! The fall season and Spring 2024 season are coming together even as I write, so, Lord willing, LOTS more to come, but for now, we celebrate the mighty works of God through the amazing ACTS TEAM this spring! To God be the glory. Onward!

In case you missed our social media post about it, the Concert tongiht was amazing! You can catch a replay of it now on YouTube PBS Channel. Worth seeing!

How Arlington National Cemetery is prepping for a busy Memorial Day weekend Dick Uliano | duliano@wtop.com May 24, 2023, 4:46 AM Preparations are well underway at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for the busy Memorial Day weekend ahead. It’s Flags-In on Thursday afternoon. The public is invited to watch soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment carry out a more than 60 year tradition, placing American flags at each headstone. CEO of Historic Tours of America Chris Belland and President and CEO of Suburban Propane Michael Stivala placed a wreath at the grave site of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday. Suburban Propane has an unusual connection to the 60-year history of the Kennedy grave site at Arlington. “In 1963, Jackie Kennedy, as a last minute decision, wanted to have the eternal flame at the grave site and it was about a day or so before the burial ceremony,” Stivala said. In the dark days following the presidential assassination in Dallas, with little time before the state funeral, the White House contacted Suburban’s facility in Rockville, Maryland. “We were able to get the piping done and get the propane service up and running in time for the ceremony,” said Stivala. Weekend events The weekend activities will include hundreds of motorcyclists laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Saturday. Members of the public who have preregistered will be able to attend a sunrise photo shoot early Sunday morning. The cemetery will feature the second Flowers of Remembrance Day, in which members of the public will each be given a flower to place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. That event goes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Memorial Day On Monday, Memorial Day, there’ll be an Armed Forces Full Honors wreath-laying at the Kennedy grave site at 8:30 a.m. in honor of Kennedy’s 100th birthday. The Full Honors National Memorial Day Observance ceremony will take place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 11 a.m. The Memorial Day Program will follow in Arlington’s Memorial Amphitheater.

May 11, 2023 Update: Prayers needed this evening for Olivia, Jeni, Jason, and the rest of Kristi's family. Original Post: We’ve received what feels like the final report. Olivia’s umbilical cord has started working correctly again which is good. Her body has not changed in three weeks which is good. But Jeni’s body is what is keeping her alive. her heart is too damaged for anything to help. The clinic went over the scenario of a transplant and it would be horrible. They feel Olivia only has a 40% of being able to survive on a machine until a heart would be available and then there would be the chance that she would not even qualify at that point. It is the third time they’ve been told what the heart transplant will be like and have walked away, knowing they would never do that to their daughter. They were given a session with a social worker for end-of-life care, the clinic feels it is highly unlikely that she would live, but a few minutes after birth, and maybe not long enough for the sisters to meet her. Jeni And Jason have to make decisions this week because the clinic has them slated for a C-section on May 15th. Jeni and Jason have simply stated that either it’s a miracle of healing or passing away for Olivia. We will continue to pray with Faith.