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 ...

As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A Memorial Day service at the Cicero Cemetery, 8554 Brewerton Road precedes the parade at 10:30 a.m. Parade will begin at 11 ...

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

In his latest column, State Senator Tom O’Mara calls on New Yorkers to honor Memorial Day by remembering the sacrifices of ...

The reburial of Eliza Monroe Hay in Hollywood Cemetery this fall is the end of a years-long effort by a Virginia woman to ...