Edward Maurer, a lifelong resident and World War II veteran, celebrated his 100th birthday at the Kenosha Civil War Museum on ...
pt. 1. Transition to peace -- By rail and boat / Dixon Wecter -- Confederate demobilization / William B. Holberton -- Did the Confederacy change Southern soldiers? / Michael Barton -- Ghost dance / ...
On a Veterans Day ceremony held 160 years after they served their country, four Civil War soldiers were finally honored Tuesday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wyandanch. It was believed to be the first ...
In a video clip from the 1930s, old Confederate soldiers step up to a microphone and let loose with the howling yelp that was once known as the fearsome "Rebel yell." From "The Rebel's Yell," Courtesy ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the ...
The Gibbon Heritage Center Museum displays artifacts from the Civil War to present day, and even features a veterans wall honoring military service members from the community.
It’s never too late to show respect. That’s the philosophy of Wheatley Heights resident Ron Wells, who has organized what is believed to be the first Veterans Day ceremony to honor Civil War soldiers ...
This month, Today’s Collectibles readers submitted a colorful print commemorating a Civil War veteran’s service, a late 19th-century etching in its original frame, a late Victorian washstand with the ...
A new monument honoring 70 Black men from Franklin County who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War was ...
After more than a century, 36 Civil War veterans in Rockford will finally receive gravestones. A mass installation event is scheduled for Aug. 1 at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, where volunteers and partner ...