My parents’ generation has rightly been called the Greatest Generation. They overcame the Great Depression, defeated Hitler, and produced a middle class that was larger and more stable than any the ...

On Aug. 15 and officially on Sept. 2, 80 years ago, a long and brutal 16-year nightmare finally came to an end for an extraordinary generation — aptly named the “Greatest Generation.” No one promised ...

The origin of this particular column arises out of the confluence of events. The first was reading the obituary of Donald McPherson, a World War II naval aviator and fighter who died at the age of 103 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A weeklong celebration in Grand Rapids is remembering the service and sacrifice of the Greatest Generation 80 years after the end of World War II. The celebration began ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Outside the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum on Thursday night sat a green 1942 Cadillac once used by then-General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the European Theatre during World War ...

Help honor the “Greatest Generation” and the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this Monday in Grand Rapids. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is hosting a week of events to ...

“In a great big land of freedom, at a time we really need ‘em / They don’t make ‘em like my daddy anymore.” – Loretta Lynn With the 100th anniversary of my late father’s birth now in the rearview ...

HOUSTON, Tex. -- Barbara Bush remembered at her funeral as the "first lady of the greatest generation." Historian Jon Meacham bestowed the title on Barbara Bush while speaking to former presidents, ...

GREENFIELD — Discover what life was like for local families during World War II in a new exhibit through Hancock County Historical Society. Fortville native Fred C. Duzan Jr. wore this uniform during ...