Dear Annie: I can’t thank you enough for your message on Memorial Day. I am a therapist at a vet center. The veterans I see are primarily combat veterans. They all have lost someone in combat ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.

During a ceremony Thursday at La Fiere Memorial Park in France, Harrison Morales accepted the Distinguished Service Cross on behalf of his great-grandfather, Owens, who died in 1967.

In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on the last Monday in May.

Sacrifice and remembrance: Veterans work to remind Americans true meaning of Memorial Day National holiday is much more than traditional start of summer ...

Memorial Day is set to be observed Monday, May 26. Here's what you need to know about the holiday dating back to the end of the Civil War.

Thankfully, Memorial Day traditions still hold fast across the Cape. One of the most impressive is Operation Flags for Vets at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.

On Memorial Day, the U.S. honors and mourns service members who died defending the country. The big picture: From the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to the Hawaiian islands, Americans ...

OAK GROVE, Al. — A vision two decades in the making has finally come to fruition at Oak Grove Memorial Park, just in time for Memorial Day. A new memorial now stands to honor the veterans and ...

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor returns to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to recognize 600,000 fallen heroes with a powerful Memorial Day tribute.

A man and a child place flowers at the Unknown Soldier on Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington during a Flowers of Remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Flowers of Remembrance Day ...