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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Press Release) – The Civil Rights Memorial Center is partnering with New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander to produce a community poem for a new exhibit that will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...