The announcement follows as the travelling community is set to make its way to the Appleby Horse Fair between Thursday, June 5, and Wednesday, June 11, with the migration period beginning 10 days ...

Motorists are being urged to drive carefully as the travelling community heads to the annual Appleby Horse Fair.

The Army stopped using iconic funeral processions called caissons because horses were getting sick and dying. They're back ...

Beginning the week of June 2, soldiers, their horses and the caisson will carry caskets for two funerals a day and a maximum ...

A crowd of families and history enthusiasts came out for a fun and educational day during Horse-Drawn History Day held at the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles. The May 17 event featured hands ...

Arlington, Virginia — Soldiers of the U.S. Army's Old Guard are taking on intensive drills as they prepare to resume next month their sacred and solemn duty of using horse-drawn caissons ...

It has been completely rebuilt,” Strickland said. The caissons are horse-drawn wagons primarily used in funerals. Pulled by six horses and three riders, they serve as dignified transport for the ...

The unit is in its final days of practice, preparing for the return June 2 of carrying deceased troops by horse-drawn caisson wagon to their graves, a tradition that dates to the 19 th century.