SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP ... After nearly 73 years, he was coming home. A Memorial Day burial with military honors was scheduled Monday at the Andersonville National Cemetery. A police escort ...

Each Memorial Day in Georgia, for example, thousands gathered at Andersonville, the site of the worst Confederate prison camp, where 13,000 Union soldiers died. The May 31, 1900, edition of the ...

Nearly 13,000 soldiers died at this Civil War site. Andersonville National Historic Site is preserving their memory.

ATLANTA - Several Memorial Day ceremonies are scheduled this year across metro Atlanta and North Georgia, offering opportunities for communities to come together and honor fallen service members.

The holiday was Memorial Day, an annual commemoration was born in the former ... My dear papa is buried at Andersonville, (Georgia) and perhaps some little girl will be kind enough to put a few ...

By Livia Albeck-Ripka Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest ... Her father, she explained, was buried in Andersonville, Ga., and she hoped that “some little girl” would do the same on ...

Several Memorial Day parades and ceremonies are planned in York County to remember U.S. military service personnel who lost their lives. Concerts and a rodeo also are planned for the long holiday ...

Memorial Day is right around the corner, and fortunately, most grocery stores in Georgia will remain open. Memorial Day is a day when most employees are off work. Here is what will be open and ...