One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Memorial Day is set to be observed Monday, May 26. Here's what you need to know about the holiday dating back to the end of ...

Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge in 2023 ruled that news articles ...

Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in ...

Claire Rosen photographed the letters along with other Civil War artifacts, including a Federal Forage Cap worn by Union soldiers, a canteen, a regimental flag, a glass inkwell, a U.S. standard ...

It allows you to look for every soldier who participated, from either the Union or the Confederacy. The information about the ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

President Donald Trump delivered a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday that combined solemn ...

Boston’s Museum of African American History has transported people to the past, letting visitors to a 200-year-old meeting ...

Australia’s Federal Court dismissed the appeal lodged by Ben Roberts-Smith on Friday, in the latest setback for the ...