Memorial Day

Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, with many students out of school and office workers enjoying the day off.

Here's what stores, restaurants and fast-food places are open — and closed — on Memorial Day 2024.

BOSTON – Monday marks Memorial Day, a federal holiday that honors those who gave their lives serving in the military. Here are some of the events being held ...

It is incumbent upon us to pay respects to those who have given their all on Memorial Day, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will attend several events to commemorate the fallen on Monday ...

In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America's fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on the ...

The Brookline Cannon will be designated as a historic monument before the parade.

In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire ...

From Target to Walmart to Costco to Sam's Club and more - which stores open and which are closed for the Memorial Day?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Many central Ohio stores and restaurants are open for Memorial Day, while a few businesses are operating with modified hours or are ...

Though it falls nearly a month before summer actually begins, many consider Memorial Day as the unofficial kickoff to summer. On May 27, folks will be ...

Those committed to remembrance…Gettysburg is honored annually by a parade of living historians respenting Americans' commitment to independence.

The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865. There's ...

President Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and is delivering his annual Memorial Day address.

A list of businesses and institutions that are open and closed on Memorial Day 2024 (Monday, May 27) from McDonald's to Walmart.

Mr Biden, joined by vice president Kamala Harris and defence secretary Lloyd Austin, placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated Memorial Day during remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, where he marked the solemn and personal occasion by ...

My dad, Robert Kelly, was a gunner on an Air Force B 17 plane during World War II. He was one of the few men who served in the war who was willing to talk ...

My involvement with Songwriting With Soldiers, and now their affiliate post-traumatic growth program, Warrior PATHH, really comes out of simply being asked to ...

In divergent messages, president pays tribute to fallen heroes, while Trump fulminates on social media against opponents.

By Jacqui Banaszynski. It's Memorial Day in these dis-United States. The news won't take a holiday. There are too many active war zones, notably in Ukraine ...