Also Monday, Obama decided to continue a controversial presidential tradition of honoring Southern Civil War soldiers by sending a wreath to Arlington's Confederate Memorial, according to the ...

Since then, Arlington National Cemetery has hosted ... Originally created in 1868 to honor fallen soldiers of the Civil War, Memorial Day has since expanded to honor all U.S. military personnel ...

Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day's history goes back to the Civil War. It was was declared ... a crowd of about 5,000 people, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on May ...

Lee and his outspoken efforts to reunite the country after the Civil War. The Arlington Memorial Bridge, built in 1932, connects the Arlington House with the Lincoln Memorial and serves as symbolic ...

Women's history is just the latest casualty. Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. (Department of Defense) A 2024 DoD News article from writer ...