Monday, May 30th marks the 154th Memorial Day observation in the United States. Observed on the last Monday of every May, this federal holiday honors military personnel who died while serving in the Armed Services. Memorial Day weekend has also become known as the unofficial start of summer and a huge retail shopping event. But […]

It’s hard to believe that Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer are right around the corner. And this year marks a very special anniversary: the 50th year that the United States has observed Memorial Day as a federal holiday. The first official Memorial Day (originally called Decoration Day) was observed in 1971. If […]

Monday, May 25th marks the 152nd Memorial Day observation in the United States. Observed on the last Monday of every May, this federal holiday honors military personnel who died while serving in the Armed Services. Memorial Day weekend has also become known as the unofficial start of summer and a huge retail shopping event. But […]