From the Archives heads to Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery today for this photo of the Memorial Day ceremony in 1965. Memorial Day, first called Decoration Day, has its origins in the Civil War. T… ...

is here. What many consider the beginning of summer was once called Decoration Day — the day when Americans decorated the graves of those who died fighting our wars. In 1967, Congress changed it ...

Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day's history goes back to the Civil War. It was was declared a national holiday by Congress in 1971, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to honor fallen U.S. service members. Originally known as Decoration Day, it began as early as 1868 through the Grand Army of ...