A newly restored Michigan historical flag carried by Union soldiers in the Civil War has been returned to Ionia County after spending 159 years in the county courthouse and undergoing preservation ...

Honoring local Black soldiers who fought for freedom during the Civil War. The Berlin police chief donated a special GI-Joe figurine to be part of a display to highlight the contributions of those ...

HICKMAN, Ky. (KFVS) - The City of Hickman, Kentucky, dedicated an “In Memory Of” headstone to John Hughey, who served in the U.S. Army. Veterans and city leaders dedicated the headstone during a ...

Thirteen Medal of Honor recipients traced the route of the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase. The Great Locomotive Chase led to the awarding of the very first Medals of Honor in 1863. The group ...

ATLANTA — Medal of Honor recipients participated in a reenactment of the Great Locomotive Chase in Kennesaw, retracing the historic events of 1862. The reenactment, organized by CSX Railroad, involved ...

Four days after the Confederate army bombed Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C., that launched the American Civil War on April 12, 1861, 18-year-old Sylvester Dana Rhodes of Plains Township ...

Capt. Hugh P. Boon received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Salyer's Creek, the last major battle of the Civil War. Two styles of the Medal of Honor given to Boon and other ...

Fort A.P. Hill was redesignated in 2023 as Fort Walker, in honor of the Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient Dr. Mary E. Walker. The base will once again be Fort A.P. Hill following an order by ...

I find myself thinking this Memorial Day weekend about Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jose Jimenez. He was a Mexican national who came to the U.S., to Arizona, in the 1960s, in his teens, following his ...

The Medal of Honor is recognized as the highest award in the U.S. military regardless of branch. Whether the recipients were Privates or Generals, they ultimately distinguished themselves with the ...