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After the Civil War, veteran groups from the North and South coexisted in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Civil War was different from all other U.S. wars in that when Johnny came marching – or in many...
Veterans column: Hebron brothers die from disease during Civil War
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDuring the American Civil War, 29 families in Licking County were impacted by the death of at least...
This Civil Rights legend was a veteran of World War II France
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMedgar Evers grave, Arlington National Cemetery, 2007. For some of us, Medgar Evers sounds like just...
Not all soldiers return from war. These are some of their stories
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 months agoROCKLAND − These memorable faces with their haunting, direct gazes might have been lost to history....
A Black Civil War soldier's unmarked grave Up North finally gets a headstone
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFor years, the residents of a tiny U.P. town laid flowers and flags on an unmarked grave in their...
GOP Senate candidate suggests white people be paid reparations from the Civil War
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoreparations U.S. Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno believes that white descendants of Civil War soldiers...
Righting the Past: Pensacola teacher Mary Higgins died unexpectedly in fire at her home
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor’s note: This is the eighth in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor the...
Honor Flight at Home recognizes veterans from Marion and other communities
The Marion Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHonor Flight at Home organizer Margie Saull hopes the program will keep growing and is asking area...
A 56-year promise broken: War widow finds the wrong man buried in her JBLM cemetery plot
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 1 year agoFor 56 years, Mary Dowling has driven to Joint Base Lewis-McChord from her Tenino home to visit the...
Donated Civil War-related collection a 'treasure trove' for historical society
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 19—WATERTOWN — The World War I veteran, his eyesight clouded due to being gassed in 1918 in the Verdon sector, took a pen decades later, and while looking upon his treasure trove of historical ...