On the first Decoration Day, 20,000 graves at Arlington Cemetery were decorated, and future President James Garfield gave a speech, the History Channel reports. Following World War I ...

They are believed to be inmates, young and old, forced into a form of post-Civil War slavery, thanks to new Texas laws and ...

Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union ...

Juneteenth, which is short for “June Nineteenth”, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, which is also known as “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day,” honors the day in 1865 ...

According to the History Channel, Memorial Day was first called Decoration Day and began in the years following the Civil War. It didn't become an official federal holiday until 1971. "Many ...

Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, two months after the end of the Civil War and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. On this day, 160 years ago, 2,000 troops ...

Following World War I, Memorial Day's focus shifted to honor American soldiers who died in any war, not only the Civil War, according to the History Channel. Is the post office open on Memorial Day?

On the first Decoration Day, 20,000 graves at Arlington Cemetery were decorated, and future President James Garfield gave a speech, the History Channel reports. Following World War I, Memorial Day ...