Visitors explore the Illinois State Memorial, based on Rome's Pantheon, at Vicksburg National Military Park in Miss. Although in secret, LGBTQ+ people served in the American Civil War, including ...

Just as it turned 100 in 2016, America’s National Park Service (NPS) began to officially recognize the contributions that LGBTQ+ Americans have made to the rich and diverse history of the United ...

Woodkern / iStock Step inside the Illinois State Memorial, a white marble ... through the end of the war. Visit the Vicksburg National Military Park and explore the more than 1,400 monuments ...

at 7 p.m., at the Vicksburg National Military Park located at 3201 Clay St., a free Memorial Day Concert titled Symphony at Sunset featuring the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will take place.

The Grand Military Parade marking the Army’s 250th year coincides with Trump’s birthday on June 14. Here's where the ...

In his capacity as national ... This Memorial Day, let us remember our nation’s war dead. John J. Dunphy’s latest book is “Union Soldiers of Southwestern Illinois." He owns The Second ...

National parks ... and following park rules. With holiday crowds coming to the North State to camp, fish, boat, cycle and hike by the thousands, Memorial Day crowds could test federal park and ...

WASHINGTON — Bands played, soldiers marched and vintage military vehicles rolled down Constitution Avenue on Monday to mark the 20th National Memorial Day Parade in Washington. The annual ...

Logan Memorial Day Commemoration at Grant Park on Monday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times ... recited the Pledge of Allegiance and joined in singing the national anthem, performed by Columbia College ...

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(WSIL) -- A flag placement ceremony is taking place at the Mound City National ... 2,400 unknowns. Memorial Day is a time for paying respect, to remember and to honor military personnel who ...