Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day. The holiday ...

EVERY year Brits mark Remembrance Day to commemorate those who lost their lives in war. Traditions associated with November 11 services include the reading of a famous poem – which was first published ...

On Sunday, Katherine Hughes of Mankato read the poem proposed for a memorial in the city’s Reconciliation Park to honor the 38 Dakota American Indians who were executed on Dec. 26, 1862. “Oh, I don’t ...

Poetry is a means to traverse oceans and experiences; we are transported into another life when reading poems. I find the idea beautiful: the fact that we can feel together and dream together, even as ...

Thursday marks Armistice Day, the 103rd anniversary of the end of World War 1. Act or Remembrance will take place up and down the country on November 11. The Last Post will sound and be followed by a ...

A poem by a 15-year-old Dutch boy about his uncle who joined the SS will not be part of next week’s Remembrance Day commemorations following boycott threats from several organisations. Auke de Leeuw ...

Meera Dasgupta is the 2020 United States Youth Poet Laureate. She is the youngest person yet to earn her title and the first Asian-American. Ms. Dasgupta was born in Queens, New York, and is a student ...