The holiday evolved alongside baseball and the automobile, the five-day work week and summer vacation

The holiday evolved alongside baseball and the automobile, the five-day work week and summer vacation

Someone has always lamented the holiday’s drift from its original meaning

Memorial Day in the United States is officially about mourning fallen service members. But it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.

A pivotal change occurred in 1971 when Congress moved Memorial Day from a fixed May 30 to the last Monday of May, creating a three-day weekend

Memorial Day 2026 holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members, Union and Confederate, between 1861 and 1865.

El Memorial Day honra a los militares estadounidenses fallecidos en combate y marca, además, el inicio no oficial del verano en Estados Unidos.

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…