A pivotal change occurred in 1971 when Congress moved Memorial Day from a fixed May 30 to the last Monday of May, creating a ...
More than 300 Native Americans and allies gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Leelanau Sands Casino & Resort for the ...
This weekend, Americans set aside a day to honor the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of their country: Memorial Day. The federal holiday only became official in 1968, but this ...
Annual tradition pays tribute to 999 Civil War soldiers buried at historic Cincinnati site ...
I want to thank the Longmont Times-Call for covering the true meaning of Memorial Day. For many people Memorial Day involves picnics and family activities, though the history of Memorial Day has a ...
160 years is a long time, but that's how long it took to get to today for a memorial to be given to the men of Company K.
More than 100 years after his death, a Union Civil War veteran buried in Shreveport was finally honored with a proper grave ...
He was visiting his great-grandfather’s grave at the Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton a few years ago when he noticed a group of people mowing the grounds and trimming the ...