Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visitor pauses at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/J. David Ake, File Memorial Day, a national holiday to ...

On Sunday, Katherine Hughes of Mankato read the poem proposed for a memorial in Reconciliation Park to honor the 38 Dakota Native Americans who were executed on Dec. 26, 1862. “Oh, I don’t mean to be ...

Meera Dasgupta is the 2020 United States Youth Poet Laureate. She is the youngest person yet to earn her title and the first Asian-American. Ms. Dasgupta was born in Queens, New York, and is a student ...

Millions will gather today and over the weekend to remember members of the armed forces who have given their lives in the line of duty. Friday 11 November is Armistice Day, which marks the day that ...

Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day. The holiday ...