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

(The Conversation) – In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country. The holiday ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that's supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend ...

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If you ever wondered why Americans celebrate Memorial Day, take a look at these four facts that dive into the holiday’s long history. 1) It began with the Civil War. Memorial Day was a response to the ...

Blight's suspicions were confirmed when after a talk he gave at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2001, an older Black woman approached him to discuss his lecture ...

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