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The history of Memorial Day and when the holiday is observed in 2024
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoMemorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May. This year, the holiday falls on...
Sheffield Historical Society celebrates life of Civil War veteran as part of Black history project
WBUR Boston· 5 days agoThe group plans to unveil this week a new headstone for Jones, who died in 1902.The original stone...
Abcarian: Don't denigrate pro-Palestinian campus protests by claiming the Vietnam War protests...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn early 1971 in Detroit, the group convened...Winter Soldier investigations, a three-day event...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThere have been 24 convictions in civil rights cold cases. Myrlie Evers’ courage to press for...
Paul M. Mintz, antiques dealer who found valuable painting at a Baltimore thrift store, dies
Baltimore Sun· 7 days agoPaul M. Mintz, an artist and antiques dealer who discovered a $26,000 painting at a North Avenue...
Marilyn Monroe’s affair with JFK confirmed on wiretap by private investigator, book claims
Fox News· 3 days agoTinseltown’s most notorious private detective died in 1992 at age 70. The World War II Marine ...
When is Memorial Day this year? Everything to know about the day of remembrance
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoIt was spent decorating 20,000 graves of soldiers buried after the Civil War, according to PBS. Today it remembers all those who died in service...12 observed ...
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bloomberg, Gore, Pelosi and many more
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoClarence Jones Clarence B. Jones is a civil rights activist and lawyer who helped draft Martin...
Explainer: How US campus protests over Gaza differ from Vietnam war era
Reuters· 8 hours agoA deep generational divide, anti-war protests on college campuses and a looming Chicago Democratic...
The Tama County rifles in the Civil War | News, Sports, Jobs - Times Republican
Marshalltown Times-Republican· 7 days agoIowa was their adopted state. The Civil War stories of Company C of the 10th Iowa Infantry, also known as the “Tama County Rifles,” were revisited April ...