The city of Albuquerque hosted a Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony to honor military members who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The parade kicked off at

Under pristinely blue skies, area residents gathered in Lincolnshire’s Spring Lake Park on Monday morning to join a National pause to honor the price of freedom.

The arrests by federal authorities took place on Saturday in Boston, Denver, Houston, Newark, New York City, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco.

The Medinas were among the countless Long Islanders who attended community parades or solemn ceremonies and made visits to military grave sites on Memorial Day to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. Others marked the unofficial start of the summer soaking up sunshine under cloudy skies at the beach or at backyard barbecues.

Although in the United States Memorial Day unilaterally is a day to signify the start of summer, it is much, much, more than that. My first memories of Memorial Day date back the

President Trump highlighted the sacrifices of military veterans during a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. But he also used his remarks to valorize himself, taking credit for bringing the Summer Olympics and soccer’s World Cup to the United States during his second term and boasting about his plans for a military parade next month in Washington.

Memorial Day in the United States is a day to remember fallen soldiers. Observed on the last Monday of May, it began after the Civil War. In 2025, it falls on May 26. Government offices and banks will be closed.

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