At 67, Yang Jinyu has devoted most of his retirement years to establishing the first private memorial hall on the Chinese ...

Pete Hegseth reverses 2023 decision to remove Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery, calling the ...

A memorial gathering was held Saturday to honor those who served in the Gulf War with a dedicated monument made of Indiana ...

Atlantic Cape Community College will host a series of free public events next month to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ...

Police officers and first responders gathered with community members in Johnston and Providence for National Night Out.

Outdoor writer and photographer Corbet Deary is featured regularly in The Sentinel-Record. Today, Deary takes readers on a ...

This year marks half a century since the end of the Vietnam War — a period the country commemorates through poignant museums ...

A man was arrested in Paris on Tuesday for lighting a cigarette from the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ...

Red poppies are worn on Memorial Day to honor fallen military members. The tradition started during World War I, inspired by a poem and the poppies growing on battlefields.

From “Decoration Day” to Memorial Day In 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of a Union veterans’ group, called for a national day of remembrance for those who died during the Civil War.

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 ...