Remember Memorial Day 2026

Memorial Day is not a day that we thank Veterans for their service…that is Veterans Day celebrated in November. Memorial Day is the annual solemn remembrance of the men and women who gave their lives while serving in the US Military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it was a day that the living would decorate the graves of dead soldiers with flowers in a simple act to honor their sacrifice.

“Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”
— General John A. Logan, Decoration Day Order, 1868