May is Military Appreciation Month, and the American Red Cross of Utah is proud to support local veterans and active-duty military members through a ...

The American Civil War upended these Christian notions of ... while individual medical professionals such as Clara Barton bravely took to the battlefields to care for the wounded.

If you’ve been on the lookout for some truly inspiring reads for the young girls (and boys) in your life, you’ve come to ...

An academic historian had written about her, and she was sometimes included in lists of the moonlight-and-magnolia-style of female civil war spies, the kind historians don’t take too seriously.

Dozens of people who hadn't even heard of Civil War veteran John Weigel until today honoring his memory and his family. The first of its kind in Westmoreland County, *** Memorial Day ceremony for ...

A new historical marker in downtown Valparaiso will commemorate a trailblazing woman doctor who served in the Civil War.

OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) _ At the time of her death in Ottawa on May 20, 1897, Sarah Gregg, 86, was revered as a remarkable woman for her service during the Civil War as a Union army nurse. 'To her ...

In 'Behind the Lines', narrated by Annette Bening, selections from the bestselling books 'War Letters' and 'Behind the Lines' are brought to life by stars like Laura Dern and Common Getty ...

I learned so much from her during my first years on council.” According to Barton’s daughter, Carla Barton-Goss, her mom’s passion for helping people and bettering the community was instinctive.

In a makeshift hospital ward in Gaza, reserved for the most severely wounded and dying patients, Hong Kong nurse Walter Leung Wai-yin, 66, walked up to a woman whose face was partially torn in an ...

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865. The first national ...