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Soldiers from the Army's Old Guard take photos of headstones in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery. Their project is to photograph and catalog the more than 219,00 grave markers and 43,000 nameplates in the columbarium.

    By night, soldiers photograph graves

    By Associated Press

    Night after night this summer, members of the Army’s historic Old Guard have slipped into Arlington National Cemetery in T-shirts and flip-flops to photograph each and every grave. Published August 28, 2011 Comments

  • Civil War re-enactors fire a 21-gun salute on Tuesday at Fort Johnson, near Fort Sumter, to commemorate the moment the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago in Charleston, S.C. (Associated Press)

    Civil War’s 150th anniversary marked

    By Associated Press

    Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of America’s bloodiest war on Tuesday, a commemoration that continues to underscore a racial divide that had plagued the nation since before the Civil War. Published April 12, 2011 Comments

  • People take photographs of the new "History of Emancipation: Special Field Orders No. 15" historical marker on Friday in Savannah, Ga. (Associated Press)

    Georgia marker tells Civil War tale of ‘40 acres’

    By Associated Press

    To coincide with the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War, the Georgia Historical Society unveiled a historical marker Friday summing up the history of “40 acres” outside the cotton merchant’s mansion that served as Gen. William T. Sherman’s headquarters toward the end of the war. Published March 6, 2011 Comments

  • Jesse Lebovics, longtime caretaker of the 1892 USS Olympia, the oldest steel warship still afloat, illuminates a coal bunker to show multiple repairs at and below the waterline. The museum ship, in the Delaware River, needs $1 million to survive. (Associated Press)

    1892 warship Olympia battles for survival

    By JoAnn Loviglio - Associated Press

    The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero’s welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle. Published September 6, 2010 Comments

  • The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley rests in a conservation tank in North Charleston, S.C. Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the raising of the sub, the first in history to sink an enemy warship. (Associated Press)

    Questions still haunt sinking of Confederate sub

    By Associated Press

    A decade after the raising of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley off the South Carolina coast, the cause of the sinking of the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship remains a mystery. But scientists are edging closer. Published August 8, 2010 Comments

Recent Articles
  • The War of 1812 at 200: All it wants is a little respect

    By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

    Currently enjoying its bicentennial, the War of 1812 occupies a musty, forgotten junk drawer in America's collective cultural consciousness, stuffed somewhere between the liberation of Grenada and the time Will Smith punched that extraterrestrial fighter pilot in the face. Published July 3, 2012

  • 23 gravestones go missing from D.C. Civil War cemetery

    By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

    Hidden from view in a forest on the campus of the nation's best-known psychiatric institute rest at least 300 fallen Civil War soldiers. Interspersed are warriors from the Confederacy and the Union, white and black. For years, this secret cemetery along the Potomac River just off of Interstate 295 has been closed to the public. Published June 11, 2012

  • World War II vets recall D-Day exploits

    By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

    One of many World War II veterans who spent the 68th anniversary of D-Day on Wednesday at the National World War II Memorial, Jack Hamlin thought back to June 6, 1944, when his rescue flotilla for the U.S. Coast Guard floated miles off the Normandy shore in the early dawn. Published June 6, 2012

  • Senators look to repatriate 1804 commandos of Tripoli

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    For years, the Navy has been reluctant to reclaim the remains of its first 13 commandos, who perished in a failed raid on Tripoli Harbor in Libya in 1804 — but pressure has been growing in Congress to force them to do just that. Published November 27, 2011

  • 'Gettysburg' doesn't 'romanticize' Civil War horrors

    By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press

    Within the first five minutes of the History channel documentary "Gettysburg," a Union soldier splits open the skull of a Confederate with his rifle stock. Blood erupts from the battle wounds, splattering the camera's lens. Published May 29, 2011

  • Korean War POW finally buried after 60 years

    By John O'Connor - Associated Press

    For 60 years, Artie Hodapp's family agonized over a heart-rending mystery: Where had the young man, known for his rollicking sense of humor, come to rest after dying in the Korean War? Published May 27, 2011

  • Wal-Mart concedes Virginia battle

    By Associated Press

    With the blessing of Civil War preservationists, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it has selected a new site for a store about three miles from a previously proposed location near where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first met in battle. Published May 23, 2011

  • Civil War sentiment raises value of relics

    By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

    One hundred fifty years after the first shells fell on Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., Civil War memorabilia remains a lucrative business. Published April 10, 2011

  • Last WWI doughboy dies at 110

    By Vicki Smith - Associated Press

    Frank Buckles enlisted for World War I at 16 after lying about his age. He made it home again and ultimately became that war's last surviving U.S. veteran, campaigning for greater recognition for his comrades in arms before dying at 110. Published February 28, 2011

  • Confederate car tag proposal revs up a row

    By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

    A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Published February 10, 2011

  • Unmarked military graves found

    By Associated Press

    Authorities said Thursday they fear dozens of veterans could lie in unmarked graves at a Mississippi military cemetery after they found two unidentified coffins and used radar to detect other possible plots. Published January 27, 2011

  • Wal-Mart drops store plan near Va. Civil War site

    By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press

    Under withering opposition from hundreds of historians, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. abruptly abandoned plans Wednesday to build a Supercenter near a hallowed Civil War site where Robert E. Lee first met Ulysses S. Grant on the field of battle in 1864. Published January 26, 2011

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