Lorain County Veterans Service Commission officials deserve credit for purchasing 39 books from the 103rd Ohio Volunteer ...

The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day. Veterans decorated ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

Lt. Nelson Purdum was a Ross County native, who lived in Springfield Township. During the Battle of Chickamauga, Purdum is ...

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, believed to be the last Confederate soldier killed in battle, was recovered from a backyard in Munford, Alabama - 155 years after the Civil War ended. Buried in uniform ...

Memorial Day is about remembering the men and women who gave their lives for our country. For the past year one Chippewa ...

Hundreds of women secretly joined the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Some women were brazen enough to enlist as self-appointed officers, or double as female spies. The Truth ...

The musicians of the Union and Confederate armies provided strong memories of the homes left behind for the battlefield. The Truth Behind the Legend of King Arthur National Treasure: What Malcolm ...

We’re celebrating ten years of Our Rich History. You can browse and read any of the past columns, from the present all the ...

One of the ways that African Americans first begin to get access to education is in schools created by the army during the Civil War. Black soldiers ... marked you as an American citizen; and ...

Roving historical plaque dedicated to the “The ‘Battle’ of Adams Hill” that occurred May 9, 1861, during which only one gun ...