I often wonder what meal was served to Abraham Lincoln and his entourage at the David Wills House in Gettysburg, on the evening of Nov. 18, 1863, the night before ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and ...

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

Memorial Day is when we pause and honor those who gave their lives for our freedom. How much do you know about America’s ...

In 'Behind the Lines', narrated by Annette Bening, selections from the Center for American War Letters are brought to life by ...

Francestown honored its veterans at the town’s annual Memorial Day ceremony Thursday at Francestown Elementary School.

Although Waterloo, New York, is officially recognized as the origin of Memorial Day, a city in Pennsylvania claims to be the ...

More than a million men and women have died fighting for the creation and defense of the United States. Memorial Day is when ...

A tall, awkward, angular man stood up on a cold fall day in 1863 and spoke to a crowd assembled on the field of the most terrible battle of our nation’s most terrible war. There, in the unfinished ...

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

South Carolina businessman Van Hipp notes the American Battlefield Trust is working to preserve lands where soldiers died and ...

President Dissanayake and former President Rajapaksa took turns paying homage to the members of the Armed Forces who ...