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 ...

A collection of Confederate generals, including Jefferson Davis, composed by the United States between 1861 and 1865, who ...

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 ...

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

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

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 ...

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One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

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