Memorial Day is a solemn occasion, a time to honor the American service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. To wish someone a "happy" Memorial Day completely misses the purpose of the day.

On Memorial Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until noon in honor of those U.S. military members who died in service. At noon, the flag is raised to full-staff as a "symbol of ...

Pratt’s job is to hold the American flag upright. He has made one concession ... Reales said he instructs people not to wish him a happy Memorial Day. “It’s not a celebration.

Although the American flag will proudly wave in various ways across the nation on June 14, the 248-year-old origin story of Flag Day tends to fall quiet as the day is nestled between Memorial Day ...

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WNCT) — Members from the American Legion Post 99 ... of the Carteret County courthouse. “Memorial Day is the only day that the flag is set at half-mast at sunrise and then ...

In the small Colorado mountain community of Frisco, a local tow and repair shop is hoping to remind travelers along Interstate 70 passing the town that Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and honor.

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...