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

Helping Hand Cemetery (HHC) in Courtland hosted a Memorial Day Program on Monday, May 26, that highlighted the veterans ...

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

Over his eight-term congressional tenure, which concluded in 1987, Parren J. Mitchell earned a reputation as a champion of ...

Lt. William Cullen, an officer with the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment, died in the Battle of Antietam Creek during the Civil War on Sept. 17, 1862. Schuylkill County Common Pleas Judge William Burke, a ...

Charles Rangel Dies at 94 on Memorial Day, Fitting Tribute for a War Hero *Charles Rangel, the legendary Harlem Democrat and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, passed away on Sunday ...

Although Memorial Day now commemorates those who died in all wars, it began when Black people commemorated the Civil War in ...

So, the issue now to get a Union monument and better ... going through the Eastern Shore Civil War book and counted each name. He tallied 943 African American Union soldiers, almost 90 percent.

Here’s a thoughtful list of meaningful places where you can pay your respects to Black military personnel this Memorial Day ...

The lives of African American veterans of the Civil War will gain recognition with a special memorial service Locust Hill Cemetery in Trenton. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already ...

The assassinated civil rights icon was the first African American to be honored ... and the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, decried the removal of monuments, including one in Richmond ...

It might seem surprising to see Iowa with its pro-Union history — more than 76,000 Iowans fought in blue during the Civil War — embroiled ... in Dubuque who is African-American, characterized ...