Decoration Day was first observed in the U.S., with the tradition of decorating soldiers’ graves from the Civil War with ...

American Legion Post 67 officially dedicated a new World War II Memorial in Veterans Park and started a new tradition of ...

In Colombia, former soldiers accused of atrocities during the countrys guerilla war are helping to locate and exhume remains ...

LTC. Todd Kontny was the guest speaker at the Los Alamos Memorial Day Celebration Monday at Guaje Pines Cemetery. It’s a ...

Amazing find as historians identify Chelsea's first ever ball boy from 1905. His grandaughter says he will be cheering them ...

We liked the pageantry and the playing of "Taps," but didn’t absorb the deeper meaning of the day: The people, veterans and relatives, who were no longer with us.

For starters, more than 80% of federal workers live outside the nation’s capital and the adjoining states of Maryland and ...

I reflect as a U.S. Army public affairs chief. I have the immense honor of writing the stories that often go unseen ...

For Pablo Sanchez there are three dates each year he considers Memorial Day — the official holiday, an April day 18 years ago when he lost a friend in a battle where they were outnumbered 95 to eight, ...

Earlier this year, thieves stole bronze burial markers from dozens of veterans' graves in northern Iowa, leaving families ...

Grave site ceremonies honoring the valor and sacrifice of soldiers who died in war are deep in human history. Today’s ...

Stories Behind the Stars founder says the pace of stories being written has doubled since 2000 but the group still needs more ...