While many American towns claim to have held the earliest celebrations of the holiday, U.S. officials declared Waterloo, New York the "birthplace" of Memorial Day. Historians say residents closed ...

Memorial Day may be the unofficial start of summer, but it is also time set aside to remember this country’s fallen soldiers.

The first Memorial Day tribute was created by newly freed Black Americans in 1865, though racists have tried to erase them ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Although Memorial Day now commemorates those who died in all wars, it began when Black people commemorated the Civil War in ...

The initial commemoration of Memorial Day is often disputed ... enslaved African Americans and some white missionaries had a parade where schoolchildren, Black religious leaders and members ...

UNITED STATES, — Memorial Day is one of the United States' most ... The Associated Press states that over 10,000 people, most of them Black, held a parade and dedicated graves in 1865.