Why is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund moving a pair of annual events from the National Mall in D.C. across the Potomac ...

Mount Vernon is seemingly the center of George Washington ... that resembles D.C.’s Washington Monument on a lesser scale. The monument acts as her grave site but the exact location of ...

Memorial Day, which was celebrated May 26, is cause for contemplation and also renewal. Parades featuring people in uniform – those currently serving, those who have served, and those who protect us – ...

From George Washington to Robert E. Lee, Arlington's history is as complicated as our own. Here's how it became the hallowed ground it is today.

Gen. George A. Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, recognized the sacrifices made by Schuylkill County servicemen and women in Vietnam in a letter dated May 25, 1996. “As a company commander ...

From Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation's capital to the American burial ground in Normandy, France, presidents customarily commemorate Memorial Day on hallowed ground.

Eliga Gould has received funding from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial ... The president could neither remove them nor tell them what to do. By limiting ...

Students from Washington Elementary School ... artistic renderings of America’s first President, George Washington. The 14th annual Ron Gordon Memorial George Washington Art Contest asked ...

Officially known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George Washington ... Prompted by a memorial from ...

The holiday was originally intended to celebrate George Washington ... The act mandates that President's Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day occur on Mondays to avoid mid-week shutdowns.

Officially known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George Washington ... Prompted by a memorial from ...