Memorial Day's history begins after the Civil War. It became a federal holiday in 1971 and is marked with cemetery visits, parades and ceremonies.

Special programming will explore the holiday's history and honor those who died in military service with flag ceremonies and ...

Originally known as Decoration Day, it began as a way to honor Civil War soldiers. For many, Memorial Day means a cookout, a ...

Here’s when Memorial Day 2025 is, a brief history of the holiday and a list of federal holidays in the U.S. Many people confuse Memorial Day with Veterans’ Day, but they’re completely different.

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday, one of only a few states to do so. The holiday is observed on the last Monday of April and commemorates Confederate soldiers who ...

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday on the last Monday of April. Only four states, including Mississippi, designate Confederate Memorial Day as a paid holiday for ...

Today is a day to remember lives lost and those impacted by the Lapu Lapu Day Festival. B.C. recently declared May 2 a ...

Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of ... say that Confederate holidays and memorials represent history and heritage, and they object to what they call ...

EVERETT — Community members, labor leaders and local elected officials gathered to honor Worker’s Memorial Day on Wednesday ... a city with a long history of union organizing.

In this presentation, Historian and Curator Nick Sacco will discuss the origins of Memorial Day, how it was observed in the years after the Civil War, and Ulysses S. Grant’s participation in a ...