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

President Lincoln’s Cottage, the museum on the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home, offers Memorial Day tours of the cemetery, after laying a wreath at Logan’s mausoleum. Wreath laying at 10 a.m ...

For even more Black Pride and WorldPride events, see our calendar. 1. Thursday, May 22 Ninth annual Black Pride Unity Ball at the Capital Hilton Don your finest lewk and join D.C.’s house and ...

Hollywood Forever Cemetery's Gower mausoleum and new residents like David Lynch are positioning it for another 100 years of ...

The Fort Lincoln Trolley in Mandan will resume operation Saturday after being shut down for nearly a year because of track damage caused by last year’s Missouri River flooding. Owner-operator ...

The San Rafael Planning Commission has approved a project to construct a new garden mausoleum at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Terra Linda. The project will create 420 crypts and 950 niches ...

At Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery near Elwood, Illinois southwest of Chicago, there was pomp, circumstance, and honors for "Poppa J." — the father of Jessica LaRoche. "Our dad was in the Navy ...

AUGUSTA, Mich. — Veterans gathered in Fort Custer National Cemetery on Saturday to plant 23,000 flags on veterans' gravesites. Held just before Memorial Day, volunteers gave their time to honor ...

While many people will spend the holiday weekend taking a break, cooking out, or traveling, one nonprofit group is spending it restoring and uncovering headstones in the Lincoln Cemetery located ...

Hundreds marked Memorial Day at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Monday as wreaths were laid on the graves of fallen service members. The service, hosted annually by the ...

SAN ANTONIO – This Memorial Day Weekend, thousands of volunteers from around San Antonio gathered early Sunday morning at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery to plant flags at every gravestone on ...