Memorial Day News

A community Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 27 at Veterans Park in North Port, near the North Port Library at 13800 S. Tamiami Trail and Biscayne Drive.

American Legion Post 934 will pay tribute to the nation's fallen heroes with its 32nd annual Memorial Day parade and service.

Pub 199 burned down in an early morning blaze on Jan. 11, but will reopen on Thursday, May 23, in time for Memorial Day weekend, owner George Markou said .

The Hampton Roads Convention Center will welcome over 1,500 canine friends to The Virginia Memorial Day Cluster All-Breed Dog Show.

Road construction won't slow motorists down as they travel Tennessee's highways this Memorial Day weekend.

In this tornado-shattered city, where surreal sights of devastation abound, another unusual scene unfolded midmorning Wednesday as a procession of as many as 2,000 volunteers filed down a street toward the Moore Cemetery, a 20-acre resting ground that accommodates the city's earliest leaders and soon will receive some of its recent storm victims.

In this Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, file photo, a passenger walks through an American Airlines baggage claim area at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Not everyone plans a getaway for Memorial Day weekend. But if you don't want to be stuck in the house with the kids for three days, a solidly-planned day trip with the family may do you some good.

If you've never done Memorial Day in Miami, here is a warning: It's going to get expensive.

Metro says it will be conducting track work on the red and orange lines over the Memorial Day holiday and closing a number of stations on both lines.

Memorial Day 2013-the unofficial kick-off for summer-is Monday, May 27, but concerts, fireworks and other events last all of Memorial Day weekend throughout the DC area.

The City of Tampa's solid waste collection schedule will be altered this weekend for Seminole Heights residents due to the Memorial Day weekend holiday.

Mahwah will commemorate Memorial Day this year with an annual parade, set for next Monday morning.

This year the Memorial Day "holiday" will be observed on Monday, May 27, several days before the traditional May 30.

The city of Dearborn's annual Memorial Day Parade will take place at 10 a.m. on May 27.

The family of a 22-year-old Boynton Beach man who was shot 16 times by police during Memorial Day weekend two years ago has filed a civil rights/negligence suit against the Miami Beach and Hialeah police departments.

Memorial Day ceremonies will take place across Siouxland on Monday, May 27. The events honor our military men and women, as well as those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving their country.

The group meets the third Tuesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. This is a general book discussion group that explores contemporary and retrospective fiction as well as selected non-ficton titles.

On Memorial Day, most families are busy visiting cemeteries, attending parades and services and seeing relatives, leaving little if any time for a big celebration with food cooked over a grill or in the kitchen.

The United States Celebrates Memorial Day on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War.