Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day. The holiday ...

EVERY year Brits mark Remembrance Day to commemorate those who lost their lives in war. Traditions associated with November 11 services include the reading of a famous poem – which was first published ...

On Sunday, Katherine Hughes of Mankato read the poem proposed for a memorial in the city’s Reconciliation Park to honor the 38 Dakota American Indians who were executed on Dec. 26, 1862. “Oh, I don’t ...

Napa County’s poet laureate Leonore Wilson has created a “poem home” that will be installed next week along the river trail at Veterans Memorial Park. The poem home is a wooden box, with a clear face ...

Meera Dasgupta is the 2020 United States Youth Poet Laureate. She is the youngest person yet to earn her title and the first Asian-American. Ms. Dasgupta was born in Queens, New York, and is a student ...