The annual Memorial Day "Flower Drop" takes place at 1 p.m. — the event begins earlier, at 10 in the morning — with the ...

While Michigan residents attend Memorial Day parades and ceremonies, many may see roundish, red flowers. Here's the meaning behind the red poppy.

Memorial Day, one of the United States' national holidays, is coming up next week. Here's what you need to know about it.

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

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

Standing firm after a statue honoring fallen military was vandalized last week, the Paramount Elks Club soldiered on with its ...

A ceremony in Gary-New Duluth is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday. The annual parade in West Duluth is at 12:30 p.m. Monday.

Flowers by the thousands will fall over Palm Springs International Airport Monday during an annual Memorial Day tribute to the nation’s servicemen and women who were lost in wartime. The “Flower Drop” ...

Boise cemeteries will host Memorial Day weekend observances from Saturday through Monday. People may place artificial flowers ...

Speakers ask fellow citizens to remember the attributes that tie the nation together rather than those that divide us. Among ...

A Canadian physician penned a poem that inspired the Memorial Day connection to the poppy. Then an American professor wrote her own poem and promoted the flower as a symbol of remembrance.

We called to confirm, and Lexington’s only Publix location — at least until a second Publix opens Wednesday, June 4 — is open for Memorial Day. It’s operating on regular business hours, from 7 a.m. to ...