"Now, the flags are here for everyone to enjoy today." Most Civil War regiments carried the national colors as well as the regimental colors, which were often brightly colored banners that were ...

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 ...

Scores of homemade Confederate battle flags of various design flew over various regiments ... the perpetuation of slavery,” prominent Civil War historian William C. Davis wrote in an opinion ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

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.

The history of Buffalo Soldiers — all-Black military regiments — in Utah is rich but often buried. A new driving trail, ...

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