Photo: Getty Images Memorial Day began in the mid-1800s as a way to honor the people who died in the American Civil War. The ...

Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in ...

Charles Bowery, director of the U.S. Army's Center ... all of our people of Black heritage were sitting in at counters and fighting to be treated fairly in the United States," Anderson replied.

At the time of his retiremet, Black people did not hold higher ranks in the ... the Secretary of the Army, a posthumous honorary ceremony was held in 2022 at the United States Military Academy ...