In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, according to the Library of Congress. Both Wilson, in 1916, and President Coolidge, in ...

Memorial Day has arrived in the United States, with Americans asked to pause and pay tribute to those who fought and died for ...

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

A day dedicated to delicious deals on doughnuts has its origins in an unlikely place: the battlefields of World War ...

The aforementioned Uniform Monday Holiday Act originally applied to Veterans Day, but according to the VA it was reset to its traditional Nov. 11 date by President Gerald Ford in 1975.

National Donut Day is Friday, June 6. Given the holiday’s ties to soldiers in WWI, the Salvation Army and local donut shops ...

Memorial Day has arrived in the United States, with Americans asked to pause and pay tribute to those who fought and died for their country. That observance is marked with ceremonies and even ...

On Monday morning, Vojvodich sat at a table outside of the William McKinley American Legion Post 231 as the McKinley Park Memorial Day parade got ready to kick off. Groups of veterans mixed with ...

Memorial Day is about reverence and collective memory, honoring over a million fallen heroes. Missteps in language highlight the need for solemn respect.

Memorial Day, which takes place on the last Monday in May, is a United States federal holiday dedicated to those who died ...