I wasn’t certain what to expect. But it was a confusing combination of solemnity, peace and reverence I came away with after ...

Lansing native Nancy Voll never met her Uncle Steve, who died serving in WWII. When she learned the full story, it brought ...

Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II ...

Military cemeteries offer a historic connection to the past, and Monday's Veterans Day holiday is a perfect time to visit, says Stephen W. Lehman, senior historian with the U.S. Army Center of ...

Memorial Day is commemorated at Arlington National Cemetery each year with a ceremony in which a small American flag is placed on each grave. Traditionally, the President or Vice President lays a ...

Bush addresses veterans and others gathered at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Monday, May 27, 2002. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File) President Barack Obama pays tribute to ...

They also didn’t know that despite being a proud Jew, he’d been buried under a Latin cross for more than 80 years at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy, until a historian ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags at the headstones of service members buried at ...

More than 5,000 markers cover more than 50 acres of ground in Luxembourg. The cemetery contains the remains of some American servicemembers who perished in the Battle of the Bulge.