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 ...

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

Hundreds of military members and Long Islanders took part in a grueling, emotional event Saturday to commemorate the extraordinary grit of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, a slain SEAL from Patchogue ...

Oakwood Cemetery and the Veterans of Lansingburgh held their annual wreath-laying ceremony for Memorial Day weekend Saturday.

In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a ...

Memorial Day began just after the Civil War, became a federal holiday in 1971, and is marked with cemetery visits, parades ...

Detective Joseph Pucciano, also known as the “Italian Sherlock Holmes,” will finally have a gravesite marker placed at ...

Ryan O’Hearn hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the eighth and reliever Seranthony Domínguez got Rafael Devers to pop out to end the bottom of the inning, helping the Baltimore Orioles to beat the ...

Cannon fire rumbled over Saratoga National Cemetery Saturday morning, honoring more than 23,000 fallen service members resting on hallowed ground.

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 ...

BATAVIA — Genesee County will hold 10 Memorial Day ceremonies, starting Sunday at the Western New York National Cemetery and ...

One man died Saturday morning after an explosion on a boat docked on the Hudson River in New York, authorities said. The man was doing work involving a flame or sparks when the ...