Spokane has always been known for its support of veterans and the sacrifices made in battle. The high price paid by the ...

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

The National D-Day Memorial welcomes Robert M. Edsel—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of four non-fiction books ...

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

An inconspicuous block of bricks stands at the edge of a municipal parking lot in Lewisburg, one side seemingly bearing scars from a lifetime ago. The monument on the sidewalk along South Third Street ...

A conversation between two friends on the drive home from a funeral sparked a yearslong effort to build Maricopa’s new ...

A federal holiday since 1971, Memorial Day’s history stretches back to the Civil War when it was known as Decoration Day. May 30 was designated “for the purpose of strewing with flowers ...

While the day has historical roots and continues to have a place in modern-day history in many southern states, Confederate Memorial Day ... more than 90 Confederate monuments and 167 symbols ...