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Originally called "Decoration Day," the holiday originated as a people's movement when people decorated the graves of dead soldiers with flowers, flags, and wreaths. Read On| What Does the Term ...

Time, too, has obscured the Southern roots of Memorial Day and the paradox that a holiday that is supposed to be about national unity was born of regional revolt. “Ritual mourning of war dead is ...

On a rainy Memorial Day morning at the site of the longest military event of the Civil War, a group of approximately 50 Catholics gathered to celebrate Mass — a tradition that just last year was ...

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. The English at Agincourt lost about 700 men; the French dead totaled at least 8,000, including seven princes of the blood and the flower of French ...

After exhumation, elders buried a sheep in line with Kamba traditions. [Philip Muasya, Standard] The Akamba community believe the spirit of a dead person ... Madaraka Day shifts focus to Kenya's ...

The hardest part of his repeated trips to the beach on D-Day, Schultze said, was removing "the dog tags off of the dead soldiers floating in the water. That got to me. You eventually became numb ...

We knew he had a place. There’s a marker there with his name and date of birth on it,” Karl Crawford, superintendent of the ...

There’s a pink neon sign glowing in downtown Metuchen that’s become something of a beacon for nacho enthusiasts across the Garden State. Meximodo, with its vibrant atmosphere and flavor-packed menu, ...