To some, Memorial Day conjures up thoughts of the start of summer, cookouts, a day off from work and school. Then it takes ...

The lines kept playing in my mind, like a song. I asked a few people, neighbors, street sellers, drivers, ’What are you going ...

In today's Dear Annie column, Annie Lane asks her readers to take time to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial ...

In 1873, New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday. After World War II, it became an occasion ...

On Friday and through the Memorial Day weekend, you may see people handing out and wearing red flowers. Here's why.

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"There could be something taught that tells people there is not always one side of the story." Turkish involvement in the war was inevitable. The Ottoman Empire, which Turkey was a part of ...

The bats – which each tell a story and feature the signatures of Victoria Cross recipients, those killed or injured in action, military leaders, royalty, and political leaders – will be on ...

May’s story of the Egyptian mummy returned to Cross ... Michael D Higgins and Ahdaf Soueif. There are poems, memories and thoughts, many of them moving to the point of inexpressibility.

David Evans Jr. The soldier from Buffalo died in Iraq ... location for the young writers. “What more meaning could you have than writing poems for veterans?” he said. Students snapped their ...

To Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier, an “X” is more than a letter. On Feb. 26, clad in black platform boots and an all-denim ensemble, Long Soldier read an excerpt from her poem “135 Xs ... texts ...