It was a decade ago, as Memorial Day 2015 approached, when a phone call to Fort Snelling National Cemetery led Joanne ...

Four years ago, archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Conservation (BLfD) discovered a child’s tomb at ...

Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the United States armed forces, particularly those who ...

By Ashlie Miller Memorial Day holds a special place in the hearts of many. Usually, that entails things less memorable, like ...

The boy was found buried in fine linen and silk that could have only been obtained from the Byzantine Empire, indicating his family’s high status, experts said.

Rituals of death can remind us of America’s “new birth of freedom”—and our rebirth and renewal through Christ’s sacrifice.

Walking through a cemetery, each headstone tells a story, but it was a grave without a headstone that left a woman from ...

Discover how the first Memorial Day was organized by freed African Americans in Charleston, SC, in 1865 to honor Union ...

The artifacts were buried in the graves of a young woman and child, who may have converted to Christianity in Africa before ...

Memorial Day started as Decoration Day in 1868. Eugene’s historic cemetery helps keep its Civil War origins alive.

Several families are frustrated after finding out that flowers and offerings they had left at loved ones' graves had been ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts. The first national observance ...