*While many Americans view Memorial Day as simply the unofficial start of summer — marked by barbecues, beach trips, and sales — the holiday has much more profound origins rooted in the sacrifices of ...

The holiday, first called Decoration Day, started after the Civil War in America, and was observed to honor the memory of the Union and Confederate soldiers who had died during the conflict. It wasn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last Monday in May is a lot of things to a lot of people. It is the unofficial start of the summer season and beach-going. For ...

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel, as well as ...