Starting in 1864, Arlington National Cemetery was transformed into a military cemetery. Bruce Dale One afternoon in May 1861, a young Union Army officer went rushing into the mansion that commanded ...
Their remains had been lost in time, buried in a shallow amputation pit, but now two Civil War soldiers will finally be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Their remains had been lost in time ...
A white granite headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery bears a name that sounds American: Larry Allan Thorne. But the man buried there was born Lauri Allan Törni in Viipuri, Finland, ...
Arlington National Cemetery annonced Friday that it plans to rename its elegant 19th century "Old Ampitheater" for Civil War double amputee and veterans advocate James R. Tanner. Tanner was a Union ...