Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Memorial Day may be the unofficial start of summer, but it is also time set aside to remember this country’s fallen soldiers.

The first Memorial Day tribute was created by newly freed Black Americans in 1865, though racists have tried to erase them ...

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The initial commemoration of Memorial Day is often disputed ... and some white missionaries had a parade where schoolchildren, Black religious leaders and members of the Black Union battalions ...

Memorial Day is set to be observed Monday, May 26. Here's what you need to know about the holiday dating back to the end of ...

Memorial Day is a federal holiday designated for mourning and honoring military personnel who died while serving in the ...

Here’s a thoughtful list of meaningful places where you can pay your respects to Black military personnel this Memorial Day ...

One day, our children will take their children on a journey through this graveyard and tell our stories,” Sarah Scully, a U.S ...