Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

The marker unveiling, set against luminaria and leaf-hidden lighting, honored the sacrifices of the Civil War dead buried there. Speakers, from David Farmer, president of the Flint Hill Cemetery ...

“We’re honoring the soldiers of the Civil War who were from Delhi and Buck Creek, and the event is the first celebrated at that time, August 24th of 1865,” Sack says. “The war was over in ...

They quickly surmised the bones were actually from the Civil War, when a makeshift hospital ... SEE ALSO: John Doe found dead in Florida more than three decades ago identified as Virginia man ...

The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt in almost every community. While the nation healed, families were trying to ...

When soldiers of the South massed around Richmond at the beginning of the Civil War, the city needed more than drill fields and barracks. Richmond needed hospitals, lots of hospitals. Casualties ...

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 ... heard speeches and dedicated the graves of Union dead in Charleston, South Carolina.

Decoration Day originated after the Civil War to honor those who died in service. After World War I, the holiday expanded to honor all American war dead. Memorial Day replaced Decoration Day by ...

Ron Kirkwood was recently named the recipient of the Distinguished Book Award from the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable for ... as well as the suffering of the dead and wounded men in the two ...

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 ... heard speeches and dedicated the graves of Union dead in Charleston, South Carolina.

Organized tributes in the South and North to Civil War dead were reported even before the fighting stopped, with flowers cast on soldiers’ graves. In Charleston, South Carolina, not a month ...

Loved ones held a vigil Friday night to honor the life of a 46-year-old mother who was found dead at a homeless encampment ... in 1986 amid the country’s civil war. She later joined the U.S ...