PLYMOUTH, N.C. (WITN) - A ceremony and ribbon cutting were held in Plymouth to remember the black soldiers who fought during the Civil War. On display at the memorial is a photo that was taken in ...

The Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra ... including 100 Civil War veterans and one Revolutionary War veteran. Memorial Day ceremonies hosted by American Legion Post 744 and Greater Cincinnati ...

Decorating the graves of service members with flags and flowers is a tradition that started after the Civil War, giving Memorial Day its original name, Decoration Day. Tours start at 2 p.m ...

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, a day to honor those who lost their lives fighting in the Civil War. Ohio Rep. James A. Garfield, a former general and future U.S. president ...

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.

This corner of Montgomery County will be rocking all weekend. The two-day Hometown Holidays celebration will host music, food, shopping and kids' activities. Rockville’s Memorial Day observation ...

The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day ... Monday, May 27, 2024, on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Memorial Day is a ...

A new opera which premiered this week in Chicago highlights the lesser-known women who worked alongside Rosa Parks during the Civil Rights ... in the late 1950s in Montgomery, Alabama.

The Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra ... including 100 Civil War veterans and one Revolutionary War veteran. Memorial Day ceremonies in West Chester are planned each year by local veterans ...

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed ... The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate ...

Parade begins at 10 a.m. at Boardman Center Intermediate School, 7410 Market St. Starting at 9 a.m. is the Memorial Mile race ... invocation and benediction. Civil Air Patrol cadets will raise ...