A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones.

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

As families prepare to celebrate the three-day Memorial Day weekend with barbecues and trips to the lake, for many the ...

Friends of Shiloh AME Church and Cemetery (FoS) held a poignant ceremony last weekend, recreating a 160-year-old tradition to ...

Memorial Day became an official holiday in 1971, but it started in 1868 as Decoration Day. It began as an effort to remember ...

The cemetery housing the twelve Civil War heroes and their families was adopted by Vietnam veterans, who ensure the upkeep of the land and gravestones. The Mechanicsburg community celebrates the ...