James Henry Gooding wrote to Lincoln to demand equal pay for Black Civil War soldiers. Here's his story, including a wedding ...

Around 1,200 active-duty service members will attend the Ultimate Fighting Championship match at the White House.

PESHAWBESTOWN- A new highway sign in Leelanau County now bears the name of a group of Anishinaabe soldiers whose story has ...

Brig. Gen. Michael Shanley, commanding general of the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, served as the keynote speaker ...

Monday marked 156 years of Rockford hosting a Memorial Day parade through its streets. Crowds of veterans, those related to ...

The 1854 rescue of Joshua Glover from a Milwaukee jail ignited the city’s direct confrontation with federal pro-slavery mandates. Led by Sherman Booth, an outspoken abolitionist newspaper editor, ...

Confederate Memorial Day is observed in South Carolina, as well as a few other states. The day is meant to commemorate Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War while trying to keep the ...

Recently, while horseback riding in the woods, I spotted a handful of brilliant yellow feathers on the ground. Struck by the unexpected slash of color against the brown leaves, I dismounted and ...

Florida law designates three Confederate-related legal holidays: Robert E. Lee's birthday, Confederate Memorial Day, and Jefferson Davis' birthday. These holidays are not paid, have no official state ...

Mississippi is one of only a handful of states that still pauses government work to honor the Confederacy — a tradition that has survived decades of debate, repeated legislative challenges and ...

The fourth Monday in April is a state-recognized holiday known as Confederate Memorial Day. Alabama is one of four states that officially recognize the 250,000 Confederate soldiers who lost their ...

Mississippi is one of six U.S. states that observe Confederate Memorial Day, a controversial holiday honoring fallen Confederate soldiers. Proponents of the holiday — including Gov. Tate Reeves who ...