Senator's bill would open federal cemeteries to visits on holidays: 'Honor that they deserve'

FIRST ON FOX A Senate Republican is hoping to ensure that families of fallen loved ones can mourn at their gravesides on federal holidays days they are usually closed to visitation Sen Steve Daines R-Mont is introducing provision Thursday that would require the more than cemeteries overseen by the federal governing body to stay open during legally recognized holidays including Memorial Day Christmas Independence Day and others Cemeteries operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and National Parks Operation are typically closed during major holidays save for Arlington National Cemetery which is open on Memorial Day and Veterans Day but closed for all other holidays DEMOCRATS PREDICT PASSING TRUMP'S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WILL COST SEVERAL REPUBLICANS THEIR SEATSDaines explained in a report to Fox News Digital that holidays like Memorial Day give Americans the opportunity to remember all those brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms Our national cemeteries should be open on these special days so that family and friends can pay their respects to their loved ones he noted I m proud to introduce this bill to ensure that our fallen arrangement members can receive the tributes and honor that they deserve TRUMP SUPRISES -YEAR-OLD WWII VETERAN WITH BIRTHDAY MESSAGE AFTER VIRAL TIKTOK INVITE The federal executive began operating national cemeteries during the Civil War in the early s to offer final resting places for fallen Union soldiers according to the National Park Provision CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe practice has since grown into over different national cemeteries operated by three leadership agencies the Department of Defense the VA and the National Park Organization Not every state however has a national cemetery Montana which Daines represents in the Senate is home to two national cemeteries the Fort Missoula Post Cemetery and Yellowstone National Cemetery