Editors note: This post originally ran in 2013 and has been updated. You can read the original post here. We celebrate Memorial Day with food, festivities, and perhaps even a day at the beach, on the ...

Grilling some burgers and having a brew on Memorial Day is cool, but do you know the history of this holiday? While you're enjoying the day off, take some time to understand why today is a holiday.

NORFOLK, Va. — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of ...

UNITED STATES, — Memorial Day is one of the United States' most solemn federal holidays. It is dedicated to honoring and mourning U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the Armed Forces.

Once observed on May 30, Memorial Day became a federal holiday in 1971 and is now marked on the last Monday of May. Originally set aside to honor America’s fallen military heroes, the day has evolved ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) called out Vice President JD Vance for posting about Holocaust Remembrance Day, but not mentioning ...

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember one of the darkest periods in human history and one of the gravest atrocities the world has ever witnessed. Today, we pay respect to the ...

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - MAY 25: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery, ...