President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers ... In 1971, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act and established that Memorial Day ...

After the bloodiest war in U.S. history, an enlisted soldier in the Union Army was assigned to recover war dead from Southern battlefields. Brevet Lt.-Col. Edmund B. Whitman mapped out ...

Fallen service members will be honored Monday during Memorial Day events across Southern California, The Paramount Elks Club's annual "Honoring and Remembering" ceremony will be held at Veterans ...

We normally celebrate Memorial Day with food, festivities and perhaps even a day at the beach, on the semi-official start of ...

The U.S. has survived five declared wars and numerous undeclared ones such as Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. With so much fighting, ...

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

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

Wondering if you can still shop for groceries before hosting or attending any outdoor events Memorial Day weekend? See list of open stores in Florida ...

Amidst the chaos of 1860s warfare, one Confederate unit marched into battle dressed like Revolutionary War ghosts. This was no accident. ‘I am Ashamed’: West Point Professor Resigns in ...

War is boring as hell in “The Damned,” an austere western drama set far from the battlefields on the 1862 frontier. It seeks not to tell a story but to capture a set of feelings. None of them ...

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY IN DES MOINES. GLENDALE CEMETERY. THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESTED IN UNMARKED GRAVES, UNMARKED UNTIL TODAY. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SHARES THE EFFORTS TO ...