Bridgewater College awarded over $100,000 in funding for student summer research projects. Waynesboro Public Library ...

Glenn Smeltzer stood with pride in Westmoreland County Courthouse Square on Saturday as he and his son watched a ceremony a ...

One might well wonder why an inland city was selected as the site of a Civil War naval museum. The answer is twofold.

The American Civil War Museum will build into the hillside at Historic Tredegar, incorporating the ruins of a crumbling brick iron works structure into the lobby of its new glass-fronted museum.

Andrew Mallatt was a private with the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War – and his story helped to ...

Set sail on the Potomac or wander the cobblestone streets of Old Town while learning of the country’s history.

Yes, Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. When the first national celebration of the modern Memorial Day holiday took place at Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1868, the holiday ...

Throughout Centre County there are many places and ways veterans are honored with memorials and monuments. Some honor all ...

Lorain County Veterans Service Commission officials deserve credit for purchasing 39 books from the 103rd Ohio Volunteer ...

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

As the nation honors the men and women who died while in service defending the United States this Memorial Day, The Daily Item is highlighting the six Valley veterans who received the Medal of Honor.

Andrew Mallatt was a private with the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War – and his story helped to ...