On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.But the history of the Bryan family farm dates back more than ...

“In the Mahaiwe Cemetery … there’s a headstone for several individuals of the Ford family,” Steve McAlister emailed me in 2022. The senior architect with Clark Green + Beck Architecture Design in ...

SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY—Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On January 25, 1865, a company of Black Union Soldiers ...

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and cardboard ...

The first Memorial Day observance at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Erie on May 30, 1887, was "impressive in the extreme," according to the Erie Morning Dispatch. The home had been ...

ALBION — Two students from Albion Middle School used part of their summer vacation to research a former Civil War soldier believed to be buried in Orleans County. Eighth-graders Kendall Peruzzini and ...

This weekend, Americans set aside a day to honor the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of their country: Memorial Day. The federal holiday only became official in 1968, but this ...

A remembrance group, with help the VFW and American Legion, began a process of identifying and recording every gravesite of a Civil War veteran in Minnesota. Gary Carlberg, Commander of the Sons of ...

HOLLAND, MI — History buffs, get ready for an eventful weekend going back in time to the Battle of Gettysburg in West Michigan. The 14th annual Van Raalte Farm Civil War Muster is set for Saturday, ...