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

Gold Star parents encourage Fox Valley residents over this Memorial Day weekend to visit the Illinois Fallen Wall in the ...

As the nation honors the men and women who died while in service defending the United States this Memorial Day, The Daily ...

Parade is set for May 26. The parade route has changed; instead of beginning at Central Avenue and Quail Street, the parade ...

Vice President JD Vance delivered the keynote address at the U.S. Naval Academy’s 2025 Commissioning Ceremony.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - The 2025 National Veterans Awareness Ride made their way through Clarksburg Thursday on their way ...

She's played the organ for U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices and military veterans being interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

The U.S. retains a vivid memory of its own fallen, etched deep into its national consciousness. But it affords little space ...

Flags are placed in front of headstones for fallen soldiers.

The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day. Veterans decorated war graves with blooming flowers.

Some parts of the U.S. could see triple-digit temperatures over the weekend, while severe storms threaten other areas, ...

Every year around Memorial Day members of the military walk the grounds and place a small flags at more than 260,000 headstones. The United States flag is one of the most significant symbols of ...