James A. Garfield, May 30, 1868, Arlington National Cemetery Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day ...

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Labor Day is over, but Amazon is extending discounts on products across brands like Apple, Ninja, Dyson, Samsung, Keurig and Casper through tonight. And unlike Amazon’s October Prime Day event ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts. The first national observance ...

however definitions in the National Security Act of 1947 include the guard in the definition of "Armed Forces." The first Armed Forces Day took place on May 20, 1950. When President Harry Truman ...

Philadelphia labor unions celebrated International Workers’ Day on Friday, May 1, with a pro-labor “For the Workers, Not the Billionaires May Day Rally” at City Hall featuring Senator Bernie Sanders ...

He had warned lawmakers against blocking the referendum, saying before thousands of people gathered for a Labor Day demonstration on May 1 that if they did not approve it, Colombians would punish them ...

For some families, Labor Day signals the end of summer. For some families, summer ends when the kids return to school, so Labor Day means a nice long weekend. For all families, there are plenty of fun ...

A Colorado Springs High Schooler is showing how much the simple act of volunteering can mean to families going through difficult times. A recent lawsuit is claiming that a Colorado Springs Police ...

Thousands marched from Chicago's Union Park to Grant Park on May Day 2025, led by the Chicago Teachers Union and other labor unions and community groups with a call to "stop the billionaire agenda." ...