In September of last year, Joseph Chedester was buried with full military honors after his cremated remains were discovered ...
WARSAW — A large hand-sewn flag with 34 stars and 13 stripes was created in the 1860s in Wyoming County. Created at the dawn of the Civil War, the flag has been preserved for decades — but very rarely ...
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...
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These United States: Raising the flag

For decades, John Monsky's passion has been collecting American flags – from those that accompanied soldiers during the Civil ...
A local cemetery that is the final resting place of 75 veterans, 35 of them from the Civil War, will have an American flag ...
Elijah Wood was an enslaved soldier who fought for the Union in the Civil War and served in the first United States Colored ...
President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...