Memorial Day's history begins after the Civil War. It became a federal holiday in 1971 and is marked with cemetery visits, ...

The remains of a woman who was visiting Woodstock when she died in 1923 were laid to rest Thursday in a family plot, after ...

Tucked inside the Altgeld Gardens public housing project on Chicago’s far South Side, there’s a yellow brick wall filled with ...

They were descendants of the American slaves who had fled north before the US Civil War. One restaurant, Kay’s Cafe in the ...

Follow live coverage after voters in England headed to the polls in local and mayoral elections as well as the Runcorn & ...

Follow live coverage after voters in England headed to the polls in local and mayoral elections as well as the Runcorn & ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Trump administration told a federal judge Thursday that a Georgetown scholar’s lawsuit against ...

A civic group who has been cleaning up the historic Second Baptist Church cemetery in Hernando has identified more than 300 ...

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas received a blessing from Pope Francis when she turned 110. She would have turned 117 in a few ...

Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian woman who was the world’s oldest person, has died at age 116. The Company of Saint Teresa ...

The world’s oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, has died at age 116, her order announced on Wednesday.

Richard Carey formed leadership skills in Grove City and Columbus that would frame a distinguished 38-year military career and later civilian service.