Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

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Although in the United States Memorial Day unilaterally is a day to signify the start of summer, it is much, much, more than ...

Good morning, Chicago. A little before 9 on a warm Thursday morning in mid-May, Doug Morgan climbed into the seat of an excavator and positioned the teeth of the bucket just above the centerline of an ...

Rain or shine, snow or sleet, for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, guards watch the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday criticized the ... deadline to pass legislation to raise the debt ceiling to prevent a national default. The bill would allow for a $4 trillion increase to the ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – More than 1,500 soldiers from The Old Guard placed American flags at more than 260,000 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery early Thursday morning, ahead of Memorial Day.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – More than 1,500 soldiers from The Old Guard placed American flags at more than 260,000 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery early Thursday morning, ahead of Memorial Day.

More than 1,500 soldiers from The Old Guard placed American flags at more than 260,000 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery early Thursday morning, ahead of Memorial Day.

Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a major win for President Donald Trump early Thursday morning, quashing a conservative rebellion and driving a deeply divided House GOP to pass ...

His story is one of thousands preserved at Chalmette National Cemetery. “So, 16,000 people {are} represented by about 15,300 monuments,” Rockett said. Rockett helps care for this historic land ...