South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

Memorial Day's history begins after the Civil War. It became a federal holiday in 1971 and is marked with cemetery visits, parades and ceremonies.

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A Memorial Day tradition in Omaha will not take place as it usually does. “It’s a wonderful gesture when it happens, but I ...

A tribute to the fallen was held this morning (Monday) at the National Memorial Hall at Mount Herzl, in the presence of senior security officials of various organizations. The ceremony, which has ...

A Memorial Day ceremony and tree dedication will be held Monday, May 26, starting at 9 a.m. on the court square in downtown ...

Volunteers are wanted to assist VFW Post 653 in New Canaan to place flags at the graves of fallen soldiers in their honor for ...

The crown jewel here is the 1901 C.W. Parker Carousel—a National Historic Landmark that spins with particular joy during ...

An Israeli soldier salutes after placing a flag with black ribbons on the grave of a soldier, ahead of the country's memorial day for fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl ...

The flag was flown over the cemetery in his ... She wasn’t alone. By Memorial Day 1946, all the graves in the cemetery were adopted by Dutch families and have remained in their care ever since.

Ahead of each Memorial Day, volunteers visit the cemetery in Bushnell to place flags and remember those who served in the U.S. military.