Rituals around death are cultural expressions that occasionally collide with an individual's feelings. A supportive environment provides understanding within societal structures.

“I am extremely grateful to 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment who have provided the bearer party and firing party for ...

Lauren Craven, a young La Mesa Police Department officer who was fatally struck by a car a week ago while she was assisting a ...

PFC Florencio Davila's dying wish was to receive military honors at his funeral but the government shutdown almost made that ...

U.S. Army veteran Eldon Baker didn’t want a traditional funeral service. It seemed the local Vietnam vet and recipient of a Purple Heart didn’t like the idea of people making a fuss over him when he ...

Mr. Sliwa, the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City, finds himself a major player in the race. He’s under heavy ...

On Thursday, Oct. 2, Emmett Mayor Gordon Petrie visited Kenneth J. Carberry Elementary to inform Carberry student council about American history and the importance of properly folding a flag. In James ...

The Union Jacks at Downing Street fly at half mast to mark the funeral of the Duchess of Kent. The funeral will be a private family service, after which the coffin will be taken to the royal burial ...

Fourteen-year-old Christan Keller was a victim of the French and Indian War. He was killed, scalped and eventually buried, according to various publications. A local historian says the site of his ...

SHARONVILLE, Ohio (WXIX) - A missing American burial flag is back with a Loveland Family after more than a decade. “Things get misplaced, people move, or family members have dementia and whether it’s ...

MILWAUKEE (WLUK) -- Flags in Wisconsin will fly at half-staff Wednesday in honor of a World War II veteran's remains being buried. U.S. Army Private First Class Leon R. Karwacki, a 27-year-old ...

Retired Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, one of America’s most catastrophically wounded post-9/11 veterans, was laid to rest Tuesday with full military honors at Weddington Methodist Church in North ...