POTTSTOWN — The Pottstown area’s honored war dead were remembered and memorialized Monday with a parade and solemn service on ...

In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal ...

Over 100 community members gathered in Gary-New Duluth to pay respect for those who gave their lives serving the military.

The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it worth ...

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual Patriotic Pops concert continues to be a Memorial Day weekend highlight, offering ...

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Cities across Napa County are planning public ceremonies on Memorial Day to honor those who died after military service to ...

For maritime history buffs, Sunset Beach is a must. For almost 100 years, it has been the final resting place of the SS Atlantus, which sank just off the coast in 1926. The World War I transport ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was composed by Francis Scott Key, a Maryland attorney, slaveholder and poet, who was inspired by watching soldiers raise the flag over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry ...

"The rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air/Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there," Key wrote over the next two days. "O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave/O'er ...

The rousing Star-Spangled Banner is arguably ... known in the US. Getty Images By Dawn's Early Light by Edward Moran depicts the moment Francis Scott Key saw the US flag following the British ...