He found 10 Civil War artillery shells in one day, then brought them back cleaned up so viewers could see what survived. The ...

Relic hunters scouring a farm field south of Fredericksburg, Virginia, were turning up the usual Civil War artifacts when ...

At the national cemetery there is peace. There is no news to report, no current affairs to parse, no urgent interview ...

At least the story that I heard this morning was that it happened in Charleston, South Carolina. It seems that there was a Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, holding officers and enlisted troops that ...

If the last few generations of Americans understood the origin and meaning of Memorial Day, we might have avoided the trauma of division and corruption that saps Americans from li ...

Memorial Day began after the Civil War as Decoration Day, honoring fallen soldiers with flowers, flags, and remembrance ...

Here’s when Memorial Day 2026 is, a brief history of the holiday and the next three-day weekend coming up this summer.

How the military notifies next of kin has become more timely, going from letters to telegrams to personal visits.

Memorial Day is more than the unofficial start of summer. Here’s a look at the holiday’s Civil War origins and when it is ...

It took a while, but L. Frank Baum finally found the success that had eluded him for so long. And by touching countless ...

This special day of remembrance began after the Civil War, on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic ...

Memorial means to “remember,” and every year on the last Monday in May, we honor those who sacrificed their lives in the line ...