Memorial Day is observed in May, and Veterans Day always falls on Nov. 11, but what's the difference? By NBC Chicago Staff • Published May 26, 2025 • Updated on May 26, 2025 at 12:36 pm BOOKMARKER ...

Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to honor fallen U.S. service members. Originally known as Decoration Day, it began as early as 1868 through the Grand Army of ...

Vietnam Veterans of America, which was started in 1978 and given a congressional charter in 1986, did not respond to a request for comment. Trump’s proposed renaming would effectively return Nov ...

Trump posted on Truth Social late Thursday.Trump did not say whether he wants May 8 to become a federal holiday, like Veterans Day.All federal holidays have been created by acts of Congress, but ...

Trump posted on Truth Social late Thursday.Trump did not say whether he wants May 8 to become a federal holiday, like Veterans Day.All federal holidays have been created by acts of Congress, but ...

President Trump proposes renaming Veterans Day to Victory Day for World War I and to celebrate the victory of World War II on May 8, potentially adding another holiday to the calendar.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he wants to rename Veterans Day, a federal holiday on November 11, to “Victory Day for World War I” in a move to purportedly “start celebrating our ...

President Trump’s announcement that he planned to change the name of Veterans Day, on Nov. 11, to “Victory Day for World War I” prompted a backlash from some veterans’ groups, which ...

As far as Trump's idea to make May 8 "Victory Day for World War II," the US president's timing is off by three months. While May 8, 1945, represents the end of the war in Europe, also known as V-E ...

Veterans and members of the public attend the Anzac Day Dawn service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place in Sydney, New South Wales, Friday, April 25, 2025.

From major cities to regional towns and suburban centres in between, Australians have gathered to commemorate the nation's veterans on Anzac Day. Despite bouts of rain in some cities, large crowds ...

A large crowd gathered for a traditional Anzac Day dawn service in Sydney, ... NSW Premier Chris Minns recited Australian writer and World War I veteran Sydney Elliott Napier’s poem Salute. ... Former ...