The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt in ...

As living World War II vets continue to leave us, and Vietnam Vets push their 80s, fewer and fewer American citizens will ...

Because of what they sacrificed for me, the heroes who found rest in this glen were black soldiers who fought in the Civil War, 12 of them and their families. Local history has it the cemetery ...

Under the shade of trees, tucked into green spring grass, rest two new gravestones. The bright, white marble stands out, ...

Today’s adventure brings us to a historic battlefield where Civil War soldiers once marched, fought, and fell. With every signal from our detectors, we get closer to pieces of the past—bullets, ...

MADRID - Spain on Thursday returned paintings belonging to a former Madrid mayor that were seized for their protection during the 1936-39 Civil War and never returned under Francisco Franco's ...

The quiet charm of Boalsburg has deep roots in American Civil War history. Tucked in the shadow of Mount Nittany, this small ...

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. The first national observance of ...

There are currently three unidentified U.S. service members buried in the tomb: one from World War I ... the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places American flags at the grave sites of more than ...

The latest attacks come as the African Union rejects any ‘interference’ in the civil war, which has killed over 20,000.

Most of the Southern states, before the Civil War, made it illegal to teach a slave to read and write. Now, some African Americans did learn to read and write secretly. Some... their master or ...