Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and commemorates those who died serving the United States. Though the holiday's origins are not exact, it did start after the Civil War.

Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to honor fallen U.S. service members. Originally known as Decoration Day, it began as early as 1868 through the Grand Army of ...

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The city of Dallas on Monday honored four of its police officers and a DART officer who were slain during an ambush in ...

One guaranteed three-day weekend remains in 2025: Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30 - Sept. 1). Memorial Day was May 26 and the Fourth of July fell on a Friday, providing three-day weekends in 2025. The ...

Memorial Day was initially on May 30—no matter what day the week that would be. That changed in 1971. Here's why “This loss of memory and shift into recreation and leisure is a trend in ...

Memorial Day grilling: Our best recipes, tips and advice for 2025. Susan Selasky. Detroit Free Press. Hear this story. While the calendar marks summer as officially starting in June, this weekend ...

Memorial Day brings remembrances of those who served and those who gave all Colony Hill Cemetery remembered those who served laid to rest in a tiny Taylor County graveyard. Ronald W. Erdrich.

Memorial Day 2024 is underway in NYC, with parades and other events to honor those who served. Here's a list of the things to do around the five boroughs, as well as Westchester County and Long ...