For Gold Star families, Memorial Day is dedicated to their loved ones who never returned home. That includes the mother of Mohammed “Mo” Haitham, a 19-year-old naval aircrewman from St. Petersburg, ...

As David E. Wood, a retired Army brigadier general and Manheim Township resident, wrote in an LNP | LancasterOnline column ...

Congress later passed legislation stating that the families of those who die overseas shall receive a Gold Star lapel pin, a small, distinctive decoration with a gold star and purple background.

With Memorial Day days away, veterans and families of those who died in service of the United States say it is important to remember the meaning of the holiday and to honor those who gave their lives ...

MILWAUKEE — Nearly three years after learning the gut-wrenching news that their loved ones were among the 13 killed at the Abbey Gate suicide bombing in Afghanistan, many Gold Star families ...

In fits and starts from 1865 on, Americans began to stage commemorations for their 600,000 fallen in the Civil War. That ...