Poignant sound of whistles heard as tributes paid to the 20,000 British soldiers killed on the first day of the Battle of the ...

Every day since the World War I Memorial first opened back in 2021, a bugler has played “Taps” live at 5 p.m. — rain or shine.

Local history, through photographsThe Paxton pool, an oval measuring about 200 feet by 160 feet, had the look and feel of a man-made swimming hole, unlikely to get an OK from modern regulators. It ...

Members of the town Planning Board and Paxton Boys' Club were the key players in what became a community effort. At the time, the population of Paxton was about 1,300. Board member Herbert E ...

On any given day, the War Memorial — a state agency — flies 10 flags: U.S., Virginia, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, POW/MIA and the War Memorial’s flag.

The Paxton pool was fed by springs and the nearby Illig Pond, a system that helped avoid water stagnation. It was built on town-owned land at West and Pleasant streets, behind what is now Paxton ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

The Paxton pool was fed by springs and the nearby Illig Pond, a system that helped avoid water stagnation. It was built on town-owned land at West and Pleasant streets, behind what is now Paxton ...