The Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office recently announced a donation of two new cemetery markers to honor Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers.

Memorial Day began in the aftermath of ... For more than 10 days in late April, about two dozen free Black men dug proper graves and built a 10-foot-tall white fence around them.

Most Americans, 52%, believe Memorial Day has lost its original meaning ... communities in the North and South, Black and White, decorated soldiers’ graves with floral honors on springtime ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sparked outrage when he marked Memorial Day by posting a video to social ... where he bragged about staffing top positions with black people.

President Donald Trump delivered his first Memorial Day message of his second term, but the message went further than praising America's fallen soldiers as “great, great warriors,” when he ...

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, honors military personnel who died in service. Originating after the Civil War, it's now a federal holiday marked by ceremonies and a National ...

(L-R) 'Lilo & Stitch' and Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' Disney/Courtesy Everett Collection MONDAY PM UPDATE: Memorial Day forecasts given the long holiday jump around.

Memorial Day has arrived in the United States, with Americans asked to pause and pay tribute to those who fought and died for their country. That observance is marked with ceremonies and even ...