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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a burial flag is donated for display at Fern Hill, the staff prepares it for display, attaching the flag to a wooden pole and attaching the name of the veteran it memorializes. Then, on Memorial ...

Hundreds of flags were removed from a memorial set up on the Boston Common that honored transgender people who had been ...

Hundreds of transgender pride flags were removed from a Boston Common memorial, sparking outrage from community groups.