Laid to rest in a double lead-lined casket, McKinley was lowered into a 10-foot-grave encased in concrete and surrounded by a ...

Last week, I wrote a column about visiting the grave of Gloria Williams on the two-year anniversary of her death. She was like a sister to Roberta and me. I asked readers for their thoughts about ...

The first all-female Buffalo-Niagara Honor Flight carried 35 women who served in either the Korean, Vietnam or Cold wars.

Culinary epitaphs offer a point of connection to the deceased’s descendants and anyone else who comes across them ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — FedEx founder Fred Smith was laid to rest with military funeral honors Friday in Arlington National Cemetery. The cemetery posted video of the ceremony. Before Smith founded the ...

As the government shutdown brings a major portion of Northern Virginia’s economy to a halt, the commonwealth’s senators are doubling down on demands to strike a deal. After months of upheaval, ...

An Alabama man known for providing free lawn care to those in need, and teaching today’s youth to do the same, is hoping to mow the Arlington National Cemetery as a way to honor the veterans who rest ...

Arlington National Cemetery goes back to the Revolution. Four million people visit it each year. A few years ago, there was a scandal involving unmarked or mismarked graves, and urns unearthed and ...

A historic city-owned cemetery in Arlington will soon allow the public to purchase available burial plots after declaring over 1,100 gravesites as ‘abandoned.’ The Arlington Cemetery on Mary Street ...

Re “National Parks Feel the Stress of Trump’s Cuts” (news article, Aug. 30): In August I visited four parks with my daughter on a cross-country trip: Zion, Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Badlands. It ...

MONTEVALLO, Ala. (WIAT) — Volunteers with buckets and brushes in hand cleaned headstones at the Alabama National Cemetery on Thursday morning. The Carry the Load’s 7th annual Patriot Day event honored ...

Chicago crackdown: The Trump administration plans to send more than 200 homeland security officers to a Navy base outside Chicago to begin an immigration crackdown on that city, according to internal ...