One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Memorial Day began just after the Civil War, became a federal holiday in 1971, and is marked with cemetery visits, parades ...

Memorial Day 2025 falls on Monday, May 26, honoring U.S. military personnel who died in service. Originally known as ...

Here's what you need to know about the stock market and whether it is open or closed on Memorial Day this year.

Thousands of Panhandle residents will take time to honor the men and women who have died in defense of the U.S. Here's how ...

In sharing US Memorial Day wishes and quotes, Americans pay homage not only with flags and ceremonies but also with words ...

Memorial Day honors those who died in U.S. military service. Here's a look at everything that is open and closed on the Monday holiday.

Flags of the United States and the state of Ohio will be flown at half-staff in honor of Memorial Day. On Friday, Ohio ...

Just three days before Memorial Day, the United States issued a new travel advisory for a popular European country. In the ...

Is the stock market open or closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 26, 2025? What we know on banks, USPS mail delivery and ...

Some of the 3,050 flags being flown during the annual Memorial Day commemoration at War in the Pacific National Historical ...

It was a decade ago, as Memorial Day 2015 approached, when a phone call to Fort Snelling National Cemetery led Joanne ...