John Lee Levitow was born on November 1, 1945, to a Jewish family in Hartford, Connecticut. He originally intended to join ...

Parren J. Mitchell, a trailblazer in politics and civil rights, was the first African American elected to Congress from ...

Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 ...

The town will soon have five new statues dedicated to its Medal of Honor recipients at the Ralph Talbot Amphitheater next to ...

Monday is Memorial Day. The United States has fought twelve major wars and numerous smaller skirmishes in its history.

The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from Maryland introduced a bill to posthumously award Henrietta Lacks the Congressional Gold Medal ... which seeks to honor Lacks not only for her scientific impact ...

Carman, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. The Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for valor, was established during the Civil War. Fayette County is the final resting place for ...

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUVCW) Tent 24 and Sons of Union Veterans (SUV) Westport Camp 64 recently met at Elmwood Cemetery in Rock Port, Missouri, to honor Ambrose Porter, a Civil ...

Rice, 51, will become the 16th member of the Bucs Ring of Honor, joining Lee Roy Selmon, John McKay, Jimmie Giles, Paul Gruber, Sapp, Brooks, Mike Alstott, Doug Williams, Jon Gruden, Lynch ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - The first ever law enforcement luncheon in Tuscaloosa had a very special guest. Vietnam War hero and Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Gary Michael Rose talked about his time as ...

It was bad when President Donald Trump unceremoniously fired Carla Hayden as the Librarian of Congress, the first woman and first African American to be named to the role. But Trump added further ...