Longtime Camden resident, Floyd White has been working to ensure that Black veterans from his community are properly honored and remembered, even after they’re gone. Dempsey Butler Cemetery, a small, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restoration is underway at the Mulberry Street Cemetery in LaGrange. Many former slaves are buried there. Preservationists are ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A long-time cemetery in Gettysburg announced it will be launching a capital campaign to support a historic preservation project. The Board of Trustees of Gettysburg’s ...

Mercer County will host a program to mark the 160th anniversary of key Civil War ending events on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Mercer Cemetery in Trenton. The ceremony will ...

Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of two Civil War soldiers: one who fought for the Union and its desire to ...

ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood Cemetery ...

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

We returned to a small family cemetery in the Georgia woods to revisit the grave of Benjamin Williams, a Confederate veteran born in 1854. After speaking with a local historian, we learned something ...

I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO. 15 CIVIL WAR VETERANS NOW HAVE PROPER GRAVE MARKERS IN DES MOINES, CLINTON GLENDALE CEMETERY. A RETIRED DES MOINES FIRE INVESTIGATOR LED THE EFFORT FOR THE RECOGNITION. HE HAD THE ...

TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — Restoration is underway at the Mulberry Street Cemetery in LaGrange. Many former slaves are buried there. Preservationists are hoping the public can help them find the names of ...