The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865. There's little controversy over the first ...

We were happy to get them reinterred quickly, quietly and respectfully,” said Jack Gary, director of archaeology for The ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Arlington National Cemetery wasn’t always a cemetery at all. The land once belonged to the family of Confederate General ...

John Leach learned that his great-great grandfather served in the Civil War and was buried without a gravestone, so he did ...

Businesses in the area are facing a challenge now that the Trump administration has once again renamed the military post ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The season openers for a pair of Rochester’s local soccer teams, the Flower City Union and the Flower City 1872, are just days away as excitement builds among players and ...

Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in ...

Detroit Lakes Memorial Day program included a heartfelt tribute to those who served in the long, bitter conflict that ended ...

Memorial Day is Monday, May 26, 2025, a day to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country. The federal holiday means that all federal government offices, along with many ...