Once neglected, Alton Confederate Cemetery was restored by Daughters of the Confederacy ...

Join Alton's Wreaths Across America event on Dec. 13 to honor veterans with wreaths at Alton National Cemetery; volunteer or ...

In August 2020, I wrote for The Telegraph a column titled “Grand Army of the Republic’s legacy lives on.” It dealt with the Parrott Rifle, sometimes called “the cemetery cannon,” which sits in Alton ...

ALTON • After last year’s deadly clash between white nationalists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., the federal government quietly spent millions of dollars to hire private security ...