On the Thursday before Memorial Day, a Civil War remembrance ceremony takes place in Vernon.

The historic Ellsworth Cemetery in Westminster is now part of the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, recognizing the cemetery’s December 1876 founding by six Black Civil War veterans. On Jan. 11, ...

Winter is the perfect time for working on your family tree. Last week my husband and I got to mark off one of the items on our genealogy research bucket list. We had to make a quick trip to a town ...

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Did you know that Abraham Lincoln hired a man from Stroudsburg to represent him in the military? The grave of that man, John ...

More than 90 years after his death, a Civil War veteran and formerly enslaved man is now being recognized under his own name.

After fighting in the Civil War, many men never received their due — living the rest of their lives with no pensions, few honors, little recognition. Private Jackson Martin, a York native, was among ...

Mercer County will host a program to mark the 160th anniversary of key Civil War ending events on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Mercer Cemetery in Trenton. The ceremony will ...