More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865 ...

He is now an avid collector and local Civil War historian ... Chronologically, the book is starting in 1861, and moving forward to the First Manassas battle, the Winter Camps and the battle ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts. The first national observance ...

The official Tompkins County Memorial Day Ceremony begins at 11 a.m. on May 26 at DeWitt Park. The War Memorial there honors ...

As we celebrate this year's holiday, take time to reflect on Memorial Day's original purpose. If you're headed out to a ...

A study has found that land owned by the city of Richmond, Virginia, possibly contains more than 700 unmarked graves. Some of those graves could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the ...

He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the United States: When his grandfather was born, ...

Grand Army of the Republic members participated in the annual Memorial Day parades in Yakima and Sunnyside, and decorated the ...

My question after watching “The Wizard of Oz” was what crisis will we face as a nation now? I don’t think anyone knows for ...

Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. Here's what to know about the state holiday ...

In every battle fought since the United States’ founding, U.S. Army troops have relied on their issue longarms, from muskets ...