The home at 114 E. Union St. in Burlington, where he later lived, still stands. Three years ago, a bronze plaque ...

The night Birdie planned to admit her love to Allison, she came home to find Allison in the bathtub, dead. For the next four ...

The liberation of Gathemo, France, won’t be found in many history books about the Second World War. After all, it was one ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

Archaeological excavation of the Magazine over the summer of 2023 revealed a mass burial containing the remains of four ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

A re-analysis of the burials, including radiocarbon dating, has revealed that, rather than dying in a single event, ...

A small town in Normandy, France, is honoring the sacrifice of the 28th Division this weekend. Nine soldiers were killed in ...

Benoît Gallot in Père-Lachaise Cemetery, which he finds “serene” but not morbid.Credit...Julien Mignot for The New York Times In a new book, Benoît Gallot explains what it takes to run ...

D-Day wasn’t just a military maneuver—it was a collective act of courage by people who believed that tyranny could be stopped ...

Massive shopping centers are just the tip of the iceberg of this 30-square-mile city that boasts historic architecture, an ...