After 155 years, the remains of Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram - believed to be the last Confederate soldier killed in battle - were recovered in Munford, Alabama. Shot just eight days after Lee’s ...

The last Civil War veteran buried in Lyon County will be honored in a ceremony later this month at the Marshall Cemetery.

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

On May 26, 1900, the Geneva Daily Times told its readers the Union veterans would not parade on Memorial Day. The local ...

Governor Youngkin vetoed House Bill 1699 earlier this month that would have eliminated the tax-exempt status of certain ...

Memorial Day is considered by many to be the beginning of summer, when swimming pools are reopened and Little League baseball ...

As some 500 flags fluttered in the gentle breeze, a crowd of nearly 100 gathered at Memorial Park Cemetery for the annual ...

Armed Forces Week begins the second Saturday in May, and Armed Forces Day is officially the third Saturday, celebrating all ...

Flowers and gardens have always been part of Memorial Day festivities. The origin of Memorial Day traces back to the waning ...

The first official Memorial Day observance was May 30, 1868 — just three years after the Civil War ended. On what was called ...

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to ...