Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day. The holiday ...

On Sunday, Katherine Hughes of Mankato read the poem proposed for a memorial in Reconciliation Park to honor the 38 Dakota Native Americans who were executed on Dec. 26, 1862. “Oh, I don’t mean to be ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Press Release) – The Civil Rights Memorial Center is partnering with New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander to produce a community poem for a new exhibit that will be ...

Here’s a weird little tale for Independence Day week, courtesy of a Seven Days reader, about a poem left at an Afghanistan war memorial in Waitsfield that went missing numerous times only to reappear ...

Meera Dasgupta is the 2020 United States Youth Poet Laureate. She is the youngest person yet to earn her title and the first Asian-American. Ms. Dasgupta was born in Queens, New York, and is a student ...

Millions will gather today and over the weekend to remember members of the armed forces who have given their lives in the line of duty. Friday 11 November is Armistice Day, which marks the day that ...

Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day. The holiday ...