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The president the first lady will travel to Baltimore for the ceremony, which is scheduled to begin at 12 noon EST.

The great events of the past are the lighthouses by which we navigate our present and our future.

President Donald Trump has taken criticism from his opponents and the media for golfing on Memorial Day weekend. But his predecessor, President Barack Obama, golfed on seven of the eight Memorial Day weekends of his presidency.

President Donald Trump ripped corporate media on Monday for criticizing his pair of golf outings on Memorial Day during the coronavirus pandemic.

While much of the media focus on Memorial Day has been on how Americans will celebrate in the coronavirus era, men and women who served in the U.S. military have been busy brightening the lives of people across the country and reporting on their efforts ahead of the holiday on the American Legion website.

An Ohio veteran is having an extra celebration this Memorial Day weekend as he will finally be graduating from high school at the age of 91.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) stated that passing another coronavirus relief package is urgent, and that Congress can help to honor the sacrifices of America’s fallen veterans by ensuring that veterans, and all other Americans, can

White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Friday urged Americans to keep social distancing during Memorial Day weekend, even as she encouraged celebrations and going outside.

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young (D) is once again demanding President Donald Trump scrap his planned visit to the city on Memorial Day, arguing that he believes the trip is against the law, citing the city’s stay-at-home order still being in place due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. 

“I will be lowering the flags on all Federal Buildings and National Monuments to half-staff over the next three days in memory of the Americans we have lost to the CoronaVirus,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young (D) wants President Donald Trump to cancel his plans to visit the city’s Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine on Memorial Day, citing health concerns stemming from the Chinese coronavirus and the large price tag attached to a presidential visit. 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Monday warned people who attempt to swim at the city’s public beaches Memorial Day weekend will be removed from the water as part of an effort to combat further spreading of the Chinese coronavirus.

Jersey Shore beaches will reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced on Thursday.

The Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) has sparked outcries after prohibiting the traditional Memorial Day weekend flag placements.

“The only person who can fix this is the president,” said Derrick Miller, calling on Donald Trump to clear three former military members.

The quintessential American holiday bookends are Memorial Day, kicking off the summer, and Labor Day, marking the back-to-work and school season.

“John McCain was a war hero, should be treated as a war hero. Anything less than that is beneath anyone who doesn’t treat him that way,” Biden said to reporters.

A minor league baseball team in California has lost a sponsor, after the club aired a Memorial Day video showing New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among several notorious communist dictators.

President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released about 5,000 border crossers and illegal aliens over Memorial Day weekend into the United States, the latest federal data reveals. From May 22 to May 27, DHS released 5,000 border crossers and

Democrat presidential candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke posed for several shots with El Pasoans at Fort Bliss National Cemetery for Memorial Day.

First lady Melania Trump praised Japanese hospitality and thanked troops stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base who chanted “USA” as she introduced President Donald Trump.

First Lady Melania Trump set Tokyo, Japan, ablaze, stylistically of course, in her final day in the island country wearing vibrant orange and yellow hues.

The minor league Fresno Grizzlies felt the need to apologize to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for “some misleading and offensive editing,” in a Memorial Day tribute video that played at the team’s stadium.

Trump said to the troops gathered on the ship. “Our freedom is earned through the blood and sweat and toil and sacrifice of great American patriots just like you.”

The family of Eddie Gallagher, the decorated Navy SEAL veteran of eight combat tours currently facing war crimes charges over allegations that members of Congress say video proves untrue, is speaking out this Memorial Day weekend about the “terror” Navy prosecutors have put them through.

Special Forces, past and present, came to Washington, DC, on Sunday to participate in the annual Rolling Thunder ride.

Vice President Mike Pence took time on Monday to honor American military who died in service to the country and issue a charge to others: remember them, and live in a way worthy of the freedom their deaths have won.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is running for president in 2020, but he did not appear for any Memorial Day events on Monday.

Every year on Memorial Day at the cemetery at Belleau Wood in France the United States Marine Corps honors their fallen Marines who saved Paris during World War I from the German army.

Matt Naylor, president and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO, noted the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) estimate of 140 weekly suicides among veterans, offering his remarks ahead of Memorial Day in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning.

Every Memorial Day, I think about those men and women I know who died in combat against our nation’s enemies. I think especially about the families who lost Marines under my command and how I owe it to them to ensure that I preserve not only their memory, but the safety and security of the very nation for which they gave their lives.

United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials have projected summer 2019 will see a ten million traveler volume increase from 2018.

Johnny Spann, father of Mike Spann, described the early release of Islamic terrorist John Walker Lindh from federal prison as a “disgrace.”

The president and the first lady made an unscheduled visit to the military cemetery, pausing to plant flags at some of the tombs.

The domestic box office was not supposed to look like this going into Memorial Day of 2019, and it doesn’t look as though this Memorial weekend is going to be a barn burner.

President Donald Trump could pardon several members of the military accused or convicted of war crimes on or around Memorial Day, two U.S. officials told the New York Times on Saturday.