Historical Memorials Digest

Professional obituaries do more than mark a loss. The AAS/HAD Obituary Committee commissions and compiles them, and they appear in the Bulletin of the...

Anniversaries give history a timely hook. The Date-A-Base Book lists more than 3,600 of them, and they're popular with newspaper, magazine, and radio...

A 411-mile relay swim set out to symbolically finish the voyage the Edmund Fitzgerald never completed. The swim began above the wreck site, with...

Susan Saint James was half of two well-known TV pairings. On McMillan & Wife, she played the acerbic amateur sleuth Sally opposite Rock Hudson and...

On the third anniversary of Perry's death, Netflix's The One About Matthew Perry is out without his former co-stars. They were approached but opted...

A century after his death on Halloween, the Laurel Canyon property bearing his name shows how a legend can take root.

• Never his home: Houdini never...

A Brookhaven legend celebrated her birthday the day she died, and now the community is honoring her. The fourth-generation funeral director will have...

Obituaries are a common quest in genealogy research, but finding them takes some planning:

• Start with date and place: They are easiest to find when...

Sweet Briar College's 125th anniversary culminated in a Celebration Weekend from Oct. 23-25, drawing alumnae and students from 55 classes who traveled...

Ruth Bilyeu Adams, who died at 92 in October 2026, is remembered for her deep love of her family. Born in Russellville, Kentucky, she and her son Bo...

The Indiana Obituaries collection gathers obituaries from three periodicals: the Herald of Truth (1864-1908), the Gospel Witness (1905-1908), and the Gospel Herald (1908-1998). Together, their date ranges span from 1864 to 1998.

Queen's University Belfast has reversed its ban on collarettes, the regalia some Orange Order members wear, at its Remembrance Sunday service.

The...

A planned November event would pair steam railroading with the 1863 Lincoln visit:

• Arrival recreation: Northern Central No. 17 is set to pull about...

Las Vegas's Spirit of Freedom American Legion Post 76 created a monument for America's 250th anniversary honoring the men and women who secured...

Some deaths are drowned out by others. People even expect famous figures to die in threes, and while all deaths are equally sad, coverage varies,...

Richard Riehle built a long career as a working actor, with roles dating back to the 1970s and 430 acting credits on IMDb. He is best known to many...

This October, Syracuse University's Remembrance Week honored the 270 people killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland....

Franklin County Technical School students built a steel bench outside the Shelburne Falls Visitor Information Center to honor Marion Taylor, the...

Matthew Shepard would have turned 50, and the Cathedral is marking the occasion with a Holy Eucharist service of prayers, readings, and music...

At B’nai Jeshurun’s 160th anniversary dinner dance, the real guests were the congregants themselves, carrying on a legacy of gathering to pray, learn,...