"He was a better person than me." Daniel and Jennifer Schultz talk about grieving their son who died in a Green Memorial Day ...

Jomarie Calasanz, 26, was found last week after she was swept away in the Kaweah River on Memorial Day, authorities said.

Originally called " Decoration Day," Memorial Day dates back to 1860s and commemorates those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Here is how Memorial Day came to be and when it falls in 2024.

Memorial Day, always celebrated on the last Monday in May, is a federal holiday and "is the nation's foremost annual day to mourn and honor its deceased service men and women," the website added.

Memorial Day, always celebrated on the last Monday in May, is a federal holiday and "is the nation's foremost annual day to mourn and honor its deceased service men and women," the website added.

Two months after the Green Memorial Day tragedy that took the life of 13-year-old Matthew Schultz, his family talked about ...

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and commemorates those who died serving the United States. Though the holiday's origins are not exact, it did start after the Civil War.

Memorial Day is listed as one of the 11 federal U.S. holidays, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Most federal workers are entitled to paid holiday time off.

But, though the holiday has been observed on the last Monday in May for decades, it wasn’t always that way. Memorial Day was initially set on May 30 — no matter what day of the week that would be.

A memorial festival is being held at May's Bounty for Lee Nurse, who was one of the first victims of Covid-19.

The mayor set aside the funds in her latest budget proposal to built a permanent shade structure at the Veterans Memorial ...