The Army expects up to 200,000 people could attend and says the parade will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million.

Usually, a civil war is one where all of the fighting takes place within a single country. It occurs when two or more organized groups from the same country clash because of major disagreements ...

Dozens of people who hadn't even heard of Civil War veteran John Weigel until today honoring his memory and his family. The first of its kind in Westmoreland County, *** Memorial Day ceremony for ...

Memorial Day’s roots trace back to honoring fallen soldiers after the Civil War. Over time, it became a national holiday. With warmer weather arriving, it naturally evolved into the start of outdoor ...

About the only people happy to see Saturday's persistent rains were the Civil War vendors. Because of the dreary conditions for the opening of the 47th annual Ohio Civil War Show at the Richland ...

Va., retreat. “Whether that ultimately ends in a civil war remains to be seen.” ...

Photo Credit: George Hamlin Running between the historic villages of Aldie and Bluemont ... whimsical but more geographically accurate Bluemont in 1900. During the Civil War, this turnpike witnessed ...

This unpaved section feels like time travel—your tires rolling over the same earth where Civil War soldiers once marched and settlers journeyed. Photo Credit: lcm1863 Starting in Aldie ... Where: ...

“It’s hard to believe something [left there nearly 130] years [ago] could be there,” said Christopher George. It's a Civil War presentation sword with a clamshell guard, meaning it wasn't used in ...

Nervous before combat, the infantry got chatty and revealed deep knowledge of Civil War history. “Of course the war was about slavery,” Confederate Sergeant Matthew Connor said. “Read any st ...

"NARA staff checked available records concerning Jacob Miller's service and the wound he received during the Civil War. His service record confirms that he was wounded at Chickamauga and was ...