More than a century later, the words of President Warren Harding still ring true. In May 1921, Harding spoke to a crowd as the remains of over 5,000 Americans who died in World War I were brought ...

Memorial Day is about reverence and collective memory, honoring over a million fallen heroes. Missteps in language highlight the need for solemn respect.

WDVM Hagerstown. Memorial Day: How it came to be, how it evolved. Posted: May 26, 2025 | Last updated: May 26, 2025. While the federal holiday can be a time for families to get together, barbeque ...

On Memorial Day, we remember that the ... Haunting words 14-year-old son said as he hallucinated, walked off 120-foot cliff in front of terrified father This story has been shared 59,639 times ...

From Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation’s capital to the American burial ground in Normandy, France, presidents customarily commemorate Memorial Day on hallowed ground.

Off-duty school nurse Ashley Anderson was out hiking with her two children and friends in Adam’s Canyon’s Lower Falls in Utah when the group noticed a man badly injured at the bottom of a ...

Frederick Douglass thought Decoration Day — the original name for Memorial Day — was the nation’s most significant holiday. On May 30, 1871, the day’s fourth annual observance, he honored ...

Letter: Memorial Day is for war dead, not lantern event. June 3, 2025 ... We welcome letters up to 150 words, and guest columns of 500-600 words. We reserve the right to edit for clarity and length.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Multiple local law enforcement offices posted Monday in observance of Memorial Day. “Today, we pause to honor the true meaning of Memorial Day – a day of ...

"Memorial Day is an important time of year, when Americans come together to honor our fallen heroes who gave all for our freedom. We do so not just in words, but in how we live — by upholding ...

Words honoring fallen soldiers ring true more than 100 years later on Memorial Day Across the Triad, people found ways to honor fallen service members this Memorial Day. To stream WFMY News 2 on ...

“My fellow Americans, on this Memorial Day, let us commit ourselves to a future worthy of their sacrifice.” — May 25, 1998. GEORGE W. BUSH “The day will come when no one is left who knew them.