Memorial Day

My grandfather, Leonard Maciejewski, was a quiet man. By the time I met him, he had likely grown tired from raising nine children in Buffalo, New York, ...

Pro patria mori." — Second Lt. Wilfred Owen, killed in action Nov. 4, 1918, at Sambre-Oise Canal, France. Translated: "Sweet and fitting ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. ( ...

Folks in the Pine Belt ...

Wow, can you believe that Gaston County schools are done, and Memorial Day weekend is here? Time to kickoff summer, but as you have those celebratory cookouts ...

Recently I received a fund appeal letter about the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. I didn't know there was such a thing.

Memorial Day began as a way to honor the American Civil War's fallen soldiers. Here's what you need to know about the U.S. holiday.

Communities across the Twin Tiers will be honoring fallen service members with parades on Monday, May 27.

This corner of the cathedral complex was destroyed during the blitz in World War II, and the chapel was rebuilt as a commemoration of the Americans who died ...

Bipartisan bill would let Purple Heart recipients pass along GI bill benefits to their dependents, closing a loophole.

It is incumbent upon us to pay respects to those who have given their all on Memorial Day, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.

The Purple Heart Veterans Education Act would permit retroactive award recipients who served on or after Sept. 11, 2001 to transfer their education benefits ...

By the Sunday before Memorial Day my father would already have the flowers set out on the family graves. He would have called the flowers “decorations,” ...

Memorial Day is an annual commemoration born in the former Confederate States in 1866 and adopted by the United States in 1868.

A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

On this Memorial Day weekend, pay your respects to the dead. But make time to remember the living, writes Max McCoy in a commentary.

Those committed to remembrance…Gettysburg is honored annually by a parade of living historians respenting Americans' commitment to independence.

The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865. There's ...

My dad, Robert Kelly, was a gunner on an Air Force B 17 plane during World War II. He was one of the few men who served in the war who was willing to talk ...

Like most U.S. Americans, I am weary of the near-daily stories of gun violence and killing. It's overwhelming. But unlike most people in the U.S., I have seen ...

President Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and is delivering his annual Memorial Day address.

Here's what stores, restaurants and fast-food places are open — and closed — on Memorial Day 2024.

President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated Memorial Day during remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, where he marked the solemn and personal occasion by ...

En esta fecha, conocida como "Memorial Day", se celebra la memoria de soldados que fallecieron durante combate.

El Memorial Day rinde homenaje a los estadounidenses que murieron sirviendo a su país en las guerras. Te presentamos datos importantes.

El Día de los Caídos es un día de reflexión y recuerdo a quienes murieron mientras servían en el ejército estadounidense. Aunque es una fecha muy esperada, ...

Por Sophie Caldwell — Today En medio del bullicio de las festividades, el verdadero significado del Memorial Day ―Día de los Caídos, en español― puede ...

Este 27 de mayo, Estados Unidos conmemora el Memorial Day o Día de los Caídos en español. Conoce el origen y significado detrás de esta celebración.

Desde su inicio, en 1868, y durante más de un siglo, el Día de los Caídos se celebró cada 30 de mayo. A partir de 1971 sufrió una modificación y se ...

On May 27, U.S. Space Force Col. Phillip Verroco, Space Delta 5 commander and Combined Space Operations Center director, delivers a speech during a Memorial ...

By Jacqui Banaszynski. It's Memorial Day in these dis-United States. The news won't take a holiday. There are too many active war zones, notably in Ukraine ...

My involvement with Songwriting With Soldiers, and now their affiliate post-traumatic growth program, Warrior PATHH, really comes out of simply being asked to ...

In the afternoon, I'll be at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, emceeing a ceremony honoring Marines who met a similar fate ...

U.S. Space Force Col. Bryan Titus, Space Launch Delta 30 vice commander, gives a speech during the Solvang Memorial Day Ceremony at Solvang, Calif.

U.S. Space Force Col. Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, gives a speech during a Memorial Day ceremony in Santa Maria, Calif., May 27, 2024.

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia. 11:24 A.M. EDT. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please be seated.

Powerful storms have ...

The National Weather Service warned that severe thunderstorms, including lightning, large hail, strong gusts and possibly a few tornadoes were possible in ...