Earlier this summer at the Winningham family cemetery in Pickett County, Tennessee, Carolyn Massiongale conducted a master class for her three granddaughters. The tools at hand were a garden hoe, rake ...

In this photo from the Allen County Historical Society, county residents celebrate Decoration Day in the Public Square on May 30, 1888. By 1888, twenty years after America began observing Decoration ...

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day: honor service members this holiday by displaying some of our favorite decorations on Amazon. We’ve rounded up the sweetest front door wreaths, table ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memorial Day is here. What many consider the beginning of summer was once called Decoration Day — the day when Americans decorated ...

The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day. Veterans decorated war graves with blooming flowers. FILE - A member of the Army visits ...

In 1985, Patterson Hood was about to flunk out of the University of North Alabama. He copped a gig writing album reviews for the college’s paper and enjoyed it because labels sent him a free LP every ...

A friend of mine blew out his hearing at a Kinks show 20 years ago. My left ear is still wondering whether the Drive-by Truckers’ ACL Music Festival aftershow will go down in similar infamy. Seems the ...

At 2:30 p.m. on May 30, 1882, the Decoration Day parade began at Ashley’s Town Hall on Main Street that consisted of the Ashley Cornest Band, school students, members of the Ancient Order of ...