For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities Washington.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members.

The man the physically caught Abraham Lincoln’s assassin founded Nashville, Michigan.

A vacant lot near the Coleman A. Young Community Center on Detroit’s east side was once a training ground for Black men during the Civil War.

WASHINGTON Confederate Army symbols within the military, including prominent Army bases named for rebel generals, are divisive and can be offensive to Blacks in uniform, the nation's top officer said Thursday. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted that some see it differently. The House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for the budget year starting Oct. 1 include provisions for changing the names of 10 Army bases named for Confederate generals. President Donald Trump says he would veto the defense bill if the version that reaches his desk includes a requirement to change the names. The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars.