The holiday also evolved alongside baseball and the automobile, the five-day work week and summer vacation, according to the 2002 book “A History of Memorial Day: Unity, Discord and the Pursuit ...

Read up on this holiday's meaning and history before Memorial Day 2025... If you're not sure what the difference is between Memorial Day and Veterans Day, you're not alone. Here's what you ...

Every year, two seemingly similar holidays at opposite ends of the calendar celebrate and honor Americans who have served our country. You may know that Memorial Day falls on the last Monday of ...

For more details on Memorial Day history and events for this year, visit Military.com's Memorial Day page.

Directed by Greg Mitchell and Produced by Lyn Goldfarb. Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV ...

Anne Frank's diary is a well-known account of this period in history. You can find out more about her in this Newsround story. For further information about Holocaust Memorial Day, visit their ...