The esteemed southern gentleman, William F. Holland Jr., an ordained minister, chaplain, freelance columnist, worship leader, and Christian author from central Kentucky, in an opinion piece on May 31, ...

And, we discuss and judge each other over Memorial Day weekend about whether it should be solemn or celebratory or a ...

All Memorial Day decorations at Harlington Cemetery that are not placed on concrete foundations or on a monument must be removed by June 16.

Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces, particularly those who ...

Americans may not only pay tribute to our honored dead but also unite in prayer for success in our search for a just and ...

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer — a time for backyard barbecues, sun-soaked gatherings, and department store sales. But behind the smell of ...

It was a long war.” The Decoration Day program will be held in the shadow of Iowa’s first Civil War monument. It was built to honor 15 soldiers from the area who died in the war.

Standing firm after a statue honoring fallen military was vandalized last week, the Paramount Elks Club soldiered on with its ...

The formal establishment of Decoration Day came through Grand Army ... Memorial Day expanded beyond its Civil War origins to honor American war dead from all conflicts. This broadening reflected ...

The first observance of Decoration Day honored soldiers who died in the Civil War, the deadliest war ... many in the South where the bulk of the war dead were buried, have been linked to the ...

In an 1871 Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery abolitionist Frederick Douglass said he feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War’s impetus ... of the dead, as well as ...

The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt ... This inspired the idea of formal “Decoration Day” events.