You might see people wearing the poppy, a roundish, red flower on a lapel — especially on the Friday before Memorial Day.

The late Memorial Art Gallery chief curator Marjorie Barkin Searl would have loved a gathering held recently in her honor.

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

On Friday and through the Memorial Day weekend, you may see people handing out and wearing red flowers. Here's why.

From a Gettysburg reading to a black powder salute, Eugene’s Memorial Day ceremony paid tribute with history and heart.

A ceremony was held in Fairmont’s Heritage Center on Mopnday to remember those who lost their lives in past conflicts and ...

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital Home Care organized its 10th annual Celebration of Life butterfly release on Thursday. The moving celebration saw the remembrance of lost loved ones and the ...

Lindsey Burrow, wife of rugby league legend Rob Burrow, planted wildflowers today at the National Trust’s Quarry Bank to mark Celebration Day ...

On May 31, 2025, close to 9,000 people stood or sat beneath the open sky and tents at Cyasemakamba in Ngoma District, not in celebration but in solemn remembrance. A sacred fire burned—not in flames, ...

I spend part of Memorial Day at an annual ceremony in Alexandria honoring city residents killed or missing in Vietnam. I get ...

On a dreary Memorial Day that saw both the annual parade and wreath-laying ceremony canceled due to weather, a crowed still ...