CARLISLE - Before he died in April 1897, Henry Spradley, a former slave, had earned the respect of his community. A former member of the U.S. Colored Troops 24th Infantry Regiment, Spradley had spent ...

Randall Keel doesn’t have friends or family members buried in the majority of cemeteries he visits, but he treats each one with the same dignity and respect as the ones where he does. Keel, senior ...

GREENFIELD — Time had not been kind to the relatively small cemetery on a quiet country road. Falling trees and vandalism had taken their toll over the years. Hinchman Pioneer Cemetery, just off ...

A cemetery is the last refuge of the body, a sacred space of remembrance and for some a place to remember history. For people working to preserve historic Black cemeteries, the sacred nature of ...

The number of U.S. military veterans who cremated remains are unclaimed runs into the tens of thousands, and probably a whole lot more. Fifteen were given a proper sendoff during July 15 ceremonies in ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — On Veterans Day, we reported on a cemetery advocate and the efforts to restore a cemetery at the corner of Mercury Boulevard and Woodland Road in Hampton. On Veterans Day, Civil ...

POTTSTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- With history dating back to the 1800s, Edgewood Historic Cemetery in Pottstown has found a new team of advocates to keep it alive. The board of volunteers works ...

CINCINNATI — This is a story about what the living owe the dead and – more specifically – what Cincinnati owes the thousands of people buried in an overgrown portion of West Price Hill called Potter’s ...