NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, ...

Memorial Day became an official holiday in 1971, but it started in 1868 as Decoration Day. It began as an effort to remember ...

Memorial Day started as Decoration Day in 1868. Eugene’s historic cemetery helps keep its Civil War origins alive.

While many are gearing up for a Memorial Day barbecue, one national group wants you to remember what Memorial Day is all ...

And women in some Confederate states were ... in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2024, on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) In an ...

From Newton to Sparta, Stanhope to Vernon and in between, here's our roundup of Memorial Day parades and events this weekend.