After the Civil War, Arkansas veterans returned home and attempted to revert to civilian life. During the immediate postwar ...
At 29, the Scranton-born soldier succumbed to injuries received in battle. Creeping up on nearly two centuries later, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Association of Scranton and Civil War ...
World Relief Wisconsin has resettled 2,000 refugees across the state since 2012, but new executive actions from the federal ...
U.S. forces liberated Nazi concentration camps 80 years ago this month. Among the liberators were Black, Latino, Asian ...
Myanmar is trying to come to terms with the scale of the disaster after an earthquake damaged not only large parts of the country, but also destroyed historic sites, delivering a blow to its spiritual ...
James Knights Park in Sandwich is once again home to Company H of the 10th Illinois Infantry. Commander Bob Winter says the ...
Corinth is conveniently located just off Highway 72 in northeastern Mississippi, making it easily accessible for a day trip from larger cities like Memphis, Tennessee, or Huntsville, Alabama. The town ...
The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...
asking for help to return the sword of Civil War Lieutenant Ezra Griffin, who was from Scranton. "He's a local guy, was a local item. It belongs here in Northeast PA," said Bill Burns, G.A.R Camp ...
In his book, Petula outlined the short but extraordinary life of the local Civil War soldier. “His whole life was a real mystery, that’s why I called the book ‘Forgotten Hero,’” Petula said.
In neighbouring Thailand, rescuers pressed on searching for life in the rubble of a collapsed ... worker in Mandalay said in a report. The civil war in Myanmar, where the junta seized power ...
Jacques Moalic, a 102-year-old former Agence France-Presse journalist, remembers vividly the liberation of Buchenwald ...