The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt in ...

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial ...

The lives of African American veterans of the Civil War will gain recognition with a special memorial service Locust Hill ...

“It’s recognition as one of the most valuable Civil War artifacts sold in recent ... it’s the only unaccounted-for flag that was captured from a regiment in Pickett’s division, Fleischer ...

Glenn Smeltzer stood with pride in Westmoreland County Courthouse Square on Saturday as he and his son watched a ceremony a ...

As living World War II vets continue to leave us, and Vietnam Vets push their 80s, fewer and fewer American citizens will ...

DES MOINES (AP) With seven descendants of Iowa Civil War soldiers standing at attention, a restored flag carried into the war by an Iowa regiment was placed on display at the Statehouse.

Memorial Day was marked by American flags and motorcade processionals throughout Salisbury on Monday, but another celebration ...

Memorial Day began just after the Civil War, became a federal holiday in 1971, and is marked with cemetery visits, parades ...

Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard, placed American flags at gravesites Thursday at the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day. The ...