How does the casket or urn get to Arlington National Cemetery from where I live?
Generally, funeral directors arrange for the shipment of casketed remains through a commercial airline. Your local funeral director will contact a funeral home in the Washington, DC metropolitan area to arrange for the pickup of the casket at the airport. The receiving funeral home will store the casket until the day of the scheduled service. The casket will then be taken to the cemetery for the interment service by the receiving funeral home. All costs associated with the shipping and storage of the remains are incurred by the next-of-kin. For active duty personnel only, costs incurred are borne by the appropriate military branch of service. For cremated remains, the urn can be hand carried or shipped to a local funeral director for delivery to Arlington on the day of the service or up to three working days prior to the service.
