After the bloodiest war in U.S. history, an enlisted soldier in the Union Army was assigned to recover war dead from Southern battlefields. Brevet Lt.-Col. Edmund B. Whitman mapped out ...

Chaplain Corps gathers for Flags In to honor the fallen on Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery, May 22, 2025.

Volunteers honored veterans at Washburn Street Cemetery with flags and a 21-gun salute for the first time in years.

Keith Ragusa and his family came a long way to attend San Antonio's big Memorial Day commemoration at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on Monday. At 60, Ragusa travelled from Seattle, while his son, ...

From George Washington to Robert E. Lee, Arlington's history is as complicated as our own. Here's how it became the hallowed ground it is today.

With rainy 46-degree weather Friday, members of the Orleans County honor guard gathered at the Western New York National Cemetery to honor one of their own. Among the four providing a rifle salute ...

A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones.

Volunteers and others place live wreaths on veterans’ gravesites in what has become a holiday tradition across the country, ...

Every year around Memorial Day members of the military walk the grounds and place a small flags at more than 260,000 headstones. The United States flag is one of the most significant symbols of ...

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<a ...

The B.C. Supreme Court has been asked to resolve a dispute over a niche containing cremated remains in a Surrey cemetery ...

What’s planned for Memorial Day weekend, and how can the public take part in honoring those who gave their lives?