Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday in May to honor U.S. military members who died in service. Originally called Decoration Day, the holiday began after the Civil War and was ...

Memorial Day — the unofficial start of summer — is the first federal holiday of spring (Juneteenth National Independence Day follows in June), but roughly half of all people don't know what Memorial ...

Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 25, 2026 this year. Memorial Day falls annually on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is a federal holiday, so Hoosiers won't get mail and banks will be closed.

Florida law designates three Confederate-related legal holidays: Robert E. Lee's birthday, Confederate Memorial Day, and Jefferson Davis' birthday. These holidays are not paid, have no official state ...

Mississippi is one of only a handful of states that still pauses government work to honor the Confederacy — a tradition that has survived decades of debate, repeated legislative challenges and ...

Mississippi will observe Confederate Memorial Day on April 27, a state holiday that continues to draw political debate. Only four states still honor the Civil War dead with a day off for public ...

Some of the best Memorial Day deals are on grills, patio furniture and gear that you’ll want to have ready for the long weekend, not after the picnics have come and gone. Well ahead of the upcoming ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Holocaust Museum observed Yom HaShoah, the annual day of remembrance, to honor the memory of millions of Jewish Holocaust victims during a special program. Survivors and ...

TEL AVIV — When Varda Morell stands by her son’s grave in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery this Memorial Day, the official ceremony unfolding nearby will barely register. That was true in the ...

Spring is in full bloom, which means a chunk of holidays is right around the corner. Mother's Day is approaching soon. The holiday was created in 1908 by Anna Jarvis and became an official U.S.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tuesday was Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, a day to remember how Jewish people around the world overcame Nazi atrocities. The Holocaust Center Board has raised $44 million of the ...