Memorial Day, one of the United States' national holidays, is coming up next week. Here's what you need to know about it.

Brands, a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, wrote by email. About 160 years after the end of the American Civil War, the true origins of Memorial Day remain unclear ...

Framed by the towering granite walls of Veterans Memorial Park, hundreds gathered once again on Memorial Day, Monday to remember

While Memorial Day's holiday traditions have somewhat been lost to time because of commercialization, and Military Appreciation Month is not as widely discussed as many would like, the history ...

Memorial Day in North Texas is starting off with storms producing strong winds and heavy rain.This system dumped a heavy load of rainfall. In fact, as of 11 a.m., a whopping 1.77" of rain fell, making this Memorial Day one of the wettest in history.

This past Memorial Day marked one of the busiest days in Pensacola International Airport’s history with around 13,450 travelers. Monday marked the fourth busiest

Tom Cruise posted a message to “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” fans Tuesday, thanking them for the Memorial Day weekend, which he said “was one for the history books.” The last in the “Mission” franchise banked a franchise-best domestically, internationally and globally, taking in $204 million.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial start of summer. Here are a few things to know.