Smith has been working toward this moment since 1992, when, as a DC Council member, he secured congressional permission to ...

John Mitchell is the great-great-nephew of Richmond Planet editor John Mitchell Jr., who helped form Woodland Cemetery and ...

Leading historians aim to restore and grow respect for enslaved people and their descendants on Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in America.

The Virginia War Memorial announced that it will commemorate Black History Month with a special program titled "GENERATIONS: African Americans and Legacies of Military Service," which will shine a ...

According to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David W. Blight, newly freed African Americans who had fought in the Civil War adorned soldiers’ graves in 1865, marking the first Memorial Day on ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A Utah man connected to a climate group was charged Tuesday for allegedly damaging a memorial to African American Civil War Soldiers at the National Gallery of Art in ...

The Georgia branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans says plans for the exhibit at Memorial Hall violate state law.

Memorial Day traces its earliest origins to the courageous efforts of African American soldiers who fought valiantly in the Civil War for a unified America and emancipation.

From an artistic standpoint, Ezekiel’s Confederate Memorial ranks high among the nation’s Civil War monuments, but more on account of its overall design than its somewhat uneven figure work.

A painting by Ismani Sun, a San Antonio artist, will be on prominent display at the African American Civil War Memorial Museum when it opens at its new location in Washington D.C.

So far, Jones and other supporters said, about $750,000 has been raised to get the two-sided African-American Texas History Memorial underway, after receiving approval for the project from the ...

The Forgotten Story Of How Freed African Americans Helped Create Memorial Day. One of the earliest known celebrations of Memorial Day can be traced back to formerly enslaved persons and white ...