Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

I have put my grandchildren under an oath that one of them (at least) will get up at my funeral and say, “Well, at least he wasn’t a complete jerk.” ...

Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter.

The horses continued bolting. As they left the ditch, the hearse righted itself, and the horses were off at a run. According to the newspaper reports, the wreck occurred at about 9 p.m. A search party ...

In his famous Funeral Oration, delivered at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War, he asserts that a noble death can elevate one’s reputation and wash away their petty misdeeds.

A federal judge denied Blake Lively's request to keep some of her private text messages with Taylor Swift from Justin Baldoni, a major legal victory for the embattled "It Ends with Us" actor and ...

A cremation ceremony was held for Kinal Mistry, a victim of the Air India crash who hailed from a community that took pride in those who went abroad. Her family said she was someone who would ...

Funeral services were held in Denver on June 18 for a World War II veteran on what would have been his 103rd birthday. Raymond Farris Chambers passed away peacefully in his sleep at the end of May.

In A Nutshell Mannara Chopra and sister Mitali Handa were seen at their father Raman Rai Handa's funeral today. They were devastated as their family and close ones were around for support.

Public funeral services at Xavier University's Cintas Center will follow on Friday, after which there will be a procession to a graveside ceremony and burial.

The family of late Zambian President Edgar Lungu has delayed the repatriation of his body from South Africa for a second time in a feud with the country's current leader over the funeral.