This Memorial Day, one organization is hosting a "Flower On Every Grave" at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery, to honor each and every life lost serving for this country. Victory for Veterans hosts ...

Family of those who have served visit Fort Snelling National Cemetery to lay flowers and American flags on the graves of loved ones who served in the U.S. military as part of a yearly Memorial Day ...

Memorial Day descends from the Southern tradition of "Decoration Day," when families traveled to the cemeteries where their ancestors were interred to place flowers on their graves, per Decoration ...

Flowers have been brought to Arlington National Cemetery every year since 2011 for Memorial Day. It is a way for those working in the floral industry to show their appreciation for the sacrifices ...

On Memorial Day we are meant to visit the dead. This duty was clearer when the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) first inaugurated the holiday, then known as Decoration Day, in 1868.

The woman is behind bars on a $5,000 bond. F AIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - A woman was arrested for desecration of graves on Memorial Day weekend at a local funeral home and cemetery, according ...

Red poppies are worn on Memorial Day to honor fallen military members. The tradition started during World War I, inspired by a poem and the poppies growing on battlefields. The American Legion and ...

Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for travel in the United States and the ... Miss., that same year, women were said to have placed flowers on the graves of both Confederate and Union ...

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) — A woman is facing charges after allegedly damaging graves at Rose Hill Burial Park on Memorial Day. Court documents revealed that Christina Sumner is accused of ...

Elmwood Funeral Home and Memorial Park is looking for volunteers to place flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day. Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:16:17 GMT (1751112977107) Story Infinite Scroll ...

Memorial Day, which is observed each year on the last Monday of May, began in 1868 as Decoration Day after the Civil War ended as a time set aside to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers.