John Leach learned that his great-great grandfather served in the Civil War and was buried without a gravestone, so he did ...

In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who ...

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

The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated cemetery markers at a Civil War memorial to honor Black soldiers that fought for the ...

Memorial Day is set to be observed Monday, May 26. Here's what you need to know about the holiday dating back to the end of ...

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

Today is Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, traces its roots to the aftermath of the Civil War. Communities across the United States-North and South, Black and White-began the tradition ...

A Plum woman who teaches students about American history learned about her own ties to one of the most significant chapters ...

Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 150-year-old "witch bottle" used to ward off evil spirits in a Civil War-era fort in ...

The U.S. has survived five declared wars and numerous undeclared ones such as Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. With so much fighting, ...

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...