As 19 news gets ready to celebrate our country’s 250-th birthday next year. We’re profiling people and places that are the ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

Discover facts about Memorial Day and why we recognize it as a national holiday. Join the conversation. X; Facebook; ... – James A. Garfield, May 30, 1868, Arlington National Cemetery.

Ohio Rep. James A. Garfield, a former general and future U.S. president, made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on the first Decoration Day, and 5,000 participants decorated graves of the ...

Presenter David Lintern will discuss, “James A. Garfield the Early Years.” Lintern has been an interpreter/tour guide and providing programs at the JAG National Historic Site since 2005.

James A. Garfield National Historic Site has scheduled its annual Presidents’ Day event for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 17. Visitors will be able to tour the Garfield home, visitor center museum, and ...

Ohio Rep. James A. Garfield, a former general and future U.S. president, made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on the first Decoration Day, and 5,000 participants decorated graves of the ...

James Garfield was a Union Army officer before his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served for almost two decades before winning a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1880, but never took it.