The trees around the African American Civil War Memorial have been trimmed, and the grass is freshly cut and cleared of trash. Several leaks have been fixed. But a few of the 209,145 names of black ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The group that built the African Civil War Memorial in Washington is now raising funds to repair it after the memorial was damaged by gunfire. Two names inscribed in the memorial ...

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser helped break ground on the future African American Civil War Memorial Museum housed at the Grimke School in an Oct. 17 ceremony. The museum tells the stories of ...

People exiting Washington, D.C.’s U Street – African American Civil War Memorial – Cardozo Metro stop were welcomed by dozens of people chanting names into microphones on a blustery November morning.

Bad lighting, “hooliganism,” thieves on the prowl: These are what plague the African American Civil War Memorial on U Street, a National Park Service-managed site that is in dire need of upgrades, its ...

Ed Smith kicked cigarette butts out of the way as he patrolled the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, stopping to point out a stain on its commemorative wall of names and a grease ...

The African American Civil War Memorial. History's wars are inherent contradictions. While no one can endorse a violent collision of warring philosophies, there's no question that the sacrifices made ...

NORFOLK, Va. Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of ...

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The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day. Veterans decorated war graves with blooming flowers. FILE - A member of the Army visits ...