It was a long war.” The Decoration Day program will be held in the shadow of Iowa’s first Civil War monument. It was built to honor 15 soldiers from the area who died in the war.

TOOLESBORO, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of people have helped to dedicate a memorial to six southeast Iowa brothers who died after enlisting to fight for the Union in the Civil War.

Dogs and cats don't kill each other. Human beings do," Lemes said. Built in 1906 for $150,000, the Iowa memorial resides in Vicksburg National Park for the public to view.

For more than a century in Des Moines’s Glendale Cemetery, the remains of 15 Union Civil War veterans rested in unmarked graves. They remained unmarked until Thursday, when the culmination of ...

The Mason City Veterans Memorial Association will hold Memorial Day services Monday, with assembly at 9:15 a.m. and services at 9:30 a.m. at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. The Mason City High School ...

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will present a flag-folding ceremony at Memorial Park Cemetery. Refreshments will be served at the VFW Post Home, 1603 S. Monroe Ave., following services.

What are the origins of Memorial Day? The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865 ...

For more than a century in Des Moines’s Glendale Cemetery, the remains of 15 Union Civil War veterans rested in unmarked graves. They remained unmarked until Thursday, when the culmination of ...