Memorial Day 2025 in the USA falls on Monday, May 26th. It is a federal holiday honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day and was first observed on May 30, 1868, by General John A. Logan, the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans of the Civil War. The day was set aside for the decoration of the graves of fallen soldiers with flowers and flags.