Members of the VFW Post 1215 take part in a three-volley salute during the Memorial Day program at the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial on Monday, May 26, 2025, in Rochester.

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and ...

Americans are set to mark Memorial Day, the fifth of 12 federal holidays on the calendar. The holiday honors those who died as a result of battle while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It has also ...

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City leaders and veterans laid wreaths at Hope Cemetery, the Massachusetts Vietnam War Memorial at Green Hill Park and the Korean War Memorial on Foster Street during Memorial Day ceremonies. Thanh ...

At the western end of the Newport Avenue Bridge on Monday morning, a group of around 50 people gathered together as the sun was rising in the Central Oregon sky to remember U.S. soldiers who died in ...

A memorial was held in Arlington, Virginia on Memorial Day to honour fallen US troops and commemorate their sacrifice. The ceremony was attended by US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance ...