Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in an important story that's largely invisible.

Trump wished a "Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country."

American flags will be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon, then raised until sunset, to honor the nation's fallen.

The ceremony marked the 157th Memorial Day celebrated in the United States, a holiday dedicated to those who died in service to the country.

“Donald Trump is a deranged lunatic who wouldn’t be allowed to manage a Wendy’s,” The Bulwark.com’s Sarah Longwell wrote on X. “But I guess we all have to pretend like this is normal and not 25th amendment behavior. People who treat this as acceptable are the insane ones.”

The arrests by federal authorities took place on Saturday in Boston, Denver, Houston, Newark, New York City, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco.

Under pristinely blue skies, area residents gathered in Lincolnshire’s Spring Lake Park on Monday morning to join a National pause to honor the price of freedom.

Memorial Day is a day to honor and remember those who have died while serving in the United States military. It’s observed on the last Monday of May and is a time for reflection and remembrance. It began as a way to decorate the graves of Civil War soldiers.

Flood watches have been issued over swaths of the southern United States. Travel delays were expected on highways and at airports.