The British called a king’s ability to pardon the “prerogative of mercy,” and the Founding Fathers granted that superpower to ...

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

Heidi Riley, King's College London *Some pseudonyms are used to protect the identities of interviewees. “I saw a lot of ...

Founded in 1881, the Sons of Veterans were organized by Augustus Davis. Eventually to be called, the Sons of Union Veterans ...

More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous women amid their efforts to crush an ...

In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who ...

Bedford celebrated Memorial Day 2025 on Monday in a series of ceremonies coordinated by the Patriotic Holiday Committee to ...

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

Memorial Day is considered by many to be the beginning of summer, when swimming pools are reopened and Little League baseball ...

On Monday, amid barbecues and sun-soaked lake outings, Americans paused for a moment to remember the men and women who have died while serving in the military.

U.S. immigration law does, under some circumstances, allow people to be sent to countries that are not their own.

Nearly 13,000 soldiers died at this Civil War site. Andersonville National Historic Site is preserving their memory.