While the federal holiday has unofficially become the day many think of as the beginning of summer, the day was established to honor members of the U.S. military who have died in service to their ...

A few days before Memorial Day, Joanne Malmstedt sat at a folding table in a parking lot at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, surrounded by trucks and supplies and volunteers, studying several maps in ...

Each year, Americans pay tribute to those who have lost their lives fighting for the United States on Memorial Day, but how are flags supposed to be flown on the observance date? Memorial Day occurs ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s governor directed flags in the state to half staff on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Gov. Ned Lamont said the flags should be lowered from sunrise until noon ...

U.S. and Michigan flags will be flown at half-staff on Memorial Day to honor fallen service members. Flags are flown at half-staff on other occasions, including Peace Officers Memorial Day and Patriot ...

The U.S. flag flaps in the wind as a plane flies over during wreath laying ceremony at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, April 4, 2024. NATO celebrates on Thursday 75 years of collective ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (WPVI) -- On Memorial Day this year, 230,000 American flags will mark the graves of fallen military personnel at Arlington National Cemetery. The flags are placed there each year as ...

WILL BE FIREWORKS. LATER. KMBC NINE S ALAN SHOPE WAS IN LEE’S SUMMIT AS CREWS AT JOHN KNOX VILLAGE PREPARE FOR THEIR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT TOMORROW. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A BIG THING IN MY FAMILY. JIM SMITH ...

Scouts, from Scouting of America's Western Los Angeles County Council, joined community members Saturday in a huge Memorial Day effort to place flags on nearly 90,000 grave sites at the Los Angeles ...

Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary will set up their 1,000 flag display at the Park at Riverwalk for the 11th time on Saturday Tribute runs through Monday afternoon with events all weekend (see below) Flag ...

Thousands of people headed to the Boston Common to see over 37,000 flags flapping in remembrance on Memorial Day. "It's very important. We must never forget those who fought for our freedom," Janice ...