More than 80 years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Connolly was finally laid to rest – not as an unknown in ...

While both Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day both honor those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, the two days are very different. Memorial Day marks much more than the beginning of summer, as ...

You will never forget a visit to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. As far as the eye can see, thousands upon thousands of graves silently shout the high cost of freedom. The words of ...

Flowers Foundation delivered 150,000 flowers to the Arlington National Cemetery for fallen military members on Saturday.

For three years, the duties of death called on Patrick Prendergast to don a full dress uniform and metaphorical mask of stone.

I find the memory of Kenny popping into my head more and more frequently as time goes by. Few days go by when I don’t think ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMC listener Maureen Perrotte of Ravena, New York and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster ...

Memorial Day began just after the Civil War, became a federal holiday in 1971, and is marked with cemetery visits, parades ...

The last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Ohio was Barack Obama, in 2012. The last Democrat to win Ohio’s ...

I worry that as we move further away from the great struggles of the last century and the casualties that accrued in pursuit ...

An ICE enforcement team arrests an immigrant in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. ICE officers are working with ...

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – The Honor Project wants to make sure service members are never forgotten. Every Memorial Day, hundreds of volunteers visit thousands of grave sites to place a token of ...