Honoring Those Who Served

This lapel pin features the Great Seal of the United States. It is used to mark official documents. The eagle is our National Bird and the stars re...

The legendary Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group in WWII were colloquially known as 'Red Tails' or 'Red Tail Angels' due to the deep crims...

During WWI, each fight squadron had specific colors and designs that helped easily identify the planes. The nickname ''red tails'' came from the br...

Before the first African American military pilots became known as the Red Tails they wore striped tails as they began their flight training in the ...

Before the first African American military pilots became known as the "Red Tails" they wore striped tails as they began their flight training in th...

Tuskegee National Historic Site educates visitors about where and how the Tuskegee Airmen trained to become part of the American Air Forces. This u...

Rosie the Riveter rose to fame during WWII as a cultural icon used in wartime propaganda to encourage women, mainly housewives, to enter the workfo...

Created by the War Department during WWII, the Woman Ordnance Worker (WOW) was a term to identify women who were ''doing their bit''. At Arlington ...

On June 15, 1864, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton designated 200 acres of Arlington plantation as a national cemetery. Arlington National Cemetery, ...