Originally known as Decoration Day, it began as a way to honor Civil War soldiers. For many, Memorial Day means a cookout, a ...

For Amelia Greene, there is nothing happy about Memorial Day. Greene lost her father, U.S. Army Major General Harold Greene, when he was shot in 2014 at a training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The weather is beginning to warm in New Jersey and with it comes the tulips, spring break, Easter — and Memorial Day weekend. The day is observed in May to commemorate the nation's fallen ...