On Friday and through the Memorial Day weekend, you may see people handing out and wearing red flowers. Here's why.

Memorial Day, observed on Monday, May 26 this year, is a federal holiday in the United States that is dedicated to honoring ...

I spend part of Memorial Day at an annual ceremony in Alexandria honoring city residents killed or missing in Vietnam. I get ...

Abby Beer, Ciera Crockwell and Dakota Hurlbut read The Gettysburg Address. See more photos here. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — As the ...

Before it was officially known as Memorial Day, the holiday was widely referred to as Decoration Day. Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971, following the passage of the Uniform ...

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor returns to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to recognize 600,000 fallen heroes with a powerful Memorial Day tribute.

The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt in ...

Memorial Day stems from the aftermath of the Civil War, when Americans sought ways to honor the loss of life from that ...

Police on Tuesday said they have started recording statements of people associated with the controversial Veera Sathidar ...

Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in ...

Memorial Day, observed the final Monday in May, serves as a time for Americans to remember and honor all deceased service men ...

Oneida residents joined local officials at Triangle Park in a heavy rain Friday evening to honor the men and women who died ...