Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and ...

Oct. 1, 2013— -- A group of 92 Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight Veterans refused to let a government shutdown stop them from entering the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., this ...

The establishment of a National Moment of Remembrance, observed at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, represents a modern effort to unify national observance and reclaim the holiday's sacred ...

Dennis said Memorial Day’s potency diminished somewhat with the addition of Armistice Day, which marked World War I’s end on Nov. 11, 1918. Armistice Day became a national holiday by 1938 and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National WWI Museum and Memorial’s newest exhibit opens Friday in Kansas City.. The new exhibit, titled “Encounters”, showcases various narratives of the Great War ...

Memorial Day stems from the aftermath of the Civil War, when Americans sought ways to honor the loss of life from that catastrophic war that resulted in the death of at least 2% of the population ...

The World War II Memorial was commissioned to honor the 16 million American servicemen and women who served during World War II. The site also commemorates the 405,000 members of the armed forces ...

Civil Air Patrol members stand beside a table representing prisoners of war and those killed in action during a Memorial Day ceremony at Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi on Monday, May 26, 2025.

The National Memorial Day Parade . The National Memorial Day Parade will take place in Washington, D.C., on Constitution Ave. NW between 7th and 17th Streets on Monday, May 26, at 2:00 p.m.

Lee Stephens kisses her hand to leave on the gravestone of her son Dane Stephens at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver on May 25, 2025. Stephens was killed, at the age of 19, when the plane he ...