Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday that recognizes the freedom of formerly enslaved Black people. The commemoration ...

Pueblo is known as the Home of Heroes because at one point there were four living Medal of Honor recipients who were natives of the city.

Robert Haver didn’t just fight near the front lines of the Korean War. Haver’s service to the country started long before ...

Memorial Day is just one day set aside for the specific purpose of honoring those that have given their lives in defense of our great nation," said Solomon Gilbert, deputy director of Washington’s ...

Bloomingburg Lodge 449 Free and Accepted Masons conducted its annual Memorial Day service, with Wayne King serving as master ...

Every cannon blast at the Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum serves as a somber reminder of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people honored ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen troops. But it's come to anchor the unofficial start of ...

Today is Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, traces its roots to the aftermath of the Civil War. Communities across the United States-North and South, Black and White-began the tradition ...

NPR speaks with Jonathan Horn about his new book, "The Fate of the Generals," which tells the story of two commanders in World War II who received the same medal but found honor on different paths.

Three veterans are on the ballot in the June gubernatorial primary in New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill, who served in the U.S. Navy ...

Queen Elizabeth was a military truck driver during World War II, while "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur was a staff sergeant for the ...