Memorial Day was always a special day for me, even as a child. It was a particularly important day of remembrance for my mother. Every year, she made sure we wore the commemorative red poppies to ...

On May 1, 1865, newly freed slaves in Charleston, South Carolina, held a parade of 10,000 people to honor 257 dead Union soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave. The former slaves had unearthed ...

Patriotism, solemn reflection and deep gratitude filled Hutchinson Square as people gathered for the 2025 Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the Msgr. Richard C. Madden Knights of Columbus ...

A 103-year-old war memorial has been painstakingly restored just in time for Remembrance Sunday. The Grade 1 listed Spalding War Memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect behind the ...

The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum will commemorate the Memorial Museum’s 25th anniversary on February 19, 2026 — marking a quarter century of honoring those killed, those who survived and ...

Special events on Memorial Day and the night before Independence Day will highlight Falls Church's commemoration of the nation's 250th birthday. City officials have been informed that the state ...

A Memorial Day ceremony at the Regional Military Museum in Houma, Louisiana, honored fallen soldiers. Attendees rang a bell and observed a moment of silence for those they lost. The ceremony included ...