Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, two months after the end of the Civil War and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. On this day, 160 years ago, 2,000 troops ...

PLYMOUTH, N.C. (WITN ... and Hysu Cat boat rides. End the day by watching the always spectacular Reflections on the Roanoke Fireworks Show! Of course, there are plenty of bear-themed events ...

Heroic veterans travelled to France to pay their respects to the fallen. And the touching moment was captured of D-Day veteran Henry Rice preparing to throw a commemorative wreath in sight of the ...

In celebration of National Trails Day on Saturday, June 7, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites Missourians to explore more than 1,100 miles of public trails across the state — ...

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — June marks the 81st anniversary of the storming of Normandy, also known as D-Day. To mark the occasion, the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will be hosting a ...

Plymouth is the place to be for the National Black Bear Festival.. This a fun-filled celebration of one of the state’s most iconic animals. “We have some of the largest black bears anywhere in ...

National Donut Day is celebrated on Friday, June 6. The freshly baked holiday began in 1938 when The Salvation Army in Chicago created the holiday to honor "Donut Lassies," who were volunteers serving ...

The National Day of Mourning (not to be confused with other ... (UAINE), the activism group that hosts the annual protest in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The origins of the National Day of Mourning ...

This proclamation called for a national day of remembrance and established ... which was decorated with flags and draped in mourning. A particularly significant element was the elaborate ...

(WFXG) — Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson proclaimed Tuesday as a Day of Mourning for former Commissioner Richard Colclough, Jr. Colclough died of natural causes at his home in Hephzibah on May 16, ...

Flooding in November continues to cause many headaches for residents of Orangeburg County. A Georgia woman being kept alive because of Georgia’s controversial fetal heartbeat law turned 31 years ...