The trees around the African American Civil War Memorial have been trimmed, and the grass is freshly cut and cleared of trash. Several leaks have been fixed. But a few of the 209,145 names of black ...

On July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina.

COLUMBUS — A war memorial damaged in a storm a year ago is on its way to being restored. Workers from Columbus Monument and Tucker Masonry installed pieces of granite and remounted two cannons ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Smith Memorial Arch recognizes over 80 Pennsylvanians who fought and contributed to the victory of the Union Army during the Civil War. This arch was funded in 1891 by Richard ...

An artist planning a monument to volunteers who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War has enlisted the creative support of college students and wants to involve the local community. Rob ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that's supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for the ...

The United Daughters of the Confederacy Inc. is suing the Defense Department, US Army, and several officials, seeking more ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of ...