DECATUR, Ala. — Memorial Day is a time to honor the men and women who gave their lives defending the country’s freedom. But ...

Earlier this year, thieves stole bronze burial markers from dozens of veterans' graves in northern Iowa, leaving families ...

It’s late April in the middle hour of the afternoon with the temperature hovering around 80 degrees. I feel like a walk is in ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

As she meandered the small Orchard Prairie Cemetery, Ann Jones was startled to see she recognized some of the last names ...

Memorial Day started as Decoration Day in 1868. Eugene’s historic cemetery helps keep its Civil War origins alive.

Just in case Abraham Lincoln ever wishes to give an encore performance of that famous speech he delivered in 1863 at ...

Irish people are among those buried on New York’s Hart Island, final resting place of the unknown, the unclaimed and those ...