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As the nation came together on Memorial Day to remember those who fell in service to the country, Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy jumped to his Twitter account to criticize Major League Baseball for trying to make a buck off solemn day.

On Memorial Day, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that beginning in the 2017-18 season, the NHL will play outdoor hockey games at military academies throughout the country.

A Kansas restaurant has gained a lot of attention on the Internet after they put out a sign containing a powerful message about America’s fallen soldiers.

Shayda Parada-Rodriguez and her daughter Daniela knelt on the grass, clutching the top of the tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 60.

Only three years after the Civil War, as our nation started upon its long road toward reconciliation, rebuilding, and healing, the wife of a union general noticed a touching scene of devotion in the South.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who commanded troops in war, delivered a powerful speech honoring fallen service members at Arlington Cemetery on Monday.

Vice President Mike Pence honored veterans this Memorial Day from his residence at the Naval Observatory, where about 200 vets attended and Project Hero launched its 10th Annual Memorial Day bike ride to Virginia Beach.

Historian and military veteran Patrick K. O’Donnell joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on the special Memorial Day edition of Breitbart News Daily to talk about his new book, “Washington’s Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution.”

President Donald Trump honored fallen members of the United States military on Memorial Day, laying a wreath at the Tomb of Unknowns at the Arlington National Cemetery.

Craig Shirley, author of the seminal Ronald Reagan biographies Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan, Reagan’s Revolution, and Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America, was a guest on the Breitbart News Daily Memorial Day special edition.

Monday, President Donald Trump will commemorate Memorial Day with remarks at a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. Follow Breitbart.tv on Twitter @BreitbartVideo

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joined almost one million bikers on Sunday as a rider in a massive caravan of motorcycles that rode from the Pentagon to the National Mall and the Vietnam Memorial on Sunday.

It’s that time of year again, a holiday where you stand around the grill and patiently (or not) explain the truth to your liberal relatives and friends.

Gold Star families gathered in the Southern California city of Irvine on Sunday for the unveiling of the expanded Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial, which recognizes and memorializes the soldiers who have died defending the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003.

Thousands of motorcyclists from across the nation have flooded Washington, D.C., Sunday for the annual Memorial Day weekend tradition Rolling Thunder.

As Memorial Day approaches and we reflect on some of our more well known national heroes, it is also the perfect time to remember the loss of Captain Eddie Grant, the very first member of Major League Baseball to die in combat in service to the U.S.A.

Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the American Veterans Center, Tim Holbert, joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Frida to discuss this year’s National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC.

Israel announced a closure of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Saturday night ahead of Memorial Day and Independence Day.

North Carolina Marine veteran Allen Thornwell, who fought to defend the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, says he was pink-slipped for lowering his employer’s American flag to half-staff on Memorial Day, The Charlotte Observer reports.

Per a Fox 8 report, a North Carolina veteran claims he was fired from his job for lowering the American flag on Memorial Day. Twenty-nine-year-old former Marine Allen Thornwell reportedly had his contract with Time Warner Cable in Charlotte, NC terminated Tuesday. According

Los Angeles County supervisors approved a $20,000 reward for information resulting in the arrest of vandals who desecrated a memorial to Vietnam War POWs and those listed as missing in action.

It seems Memorial Day isn’t good enough for a Google doodle.

California rapper-actor Snoop Dogg tore into the Roots remake Monday in an Instagram video showing the Long Beach native encouraging Americans to join him in not watching the controversial slave saga set to air on Memorial Day.

The annual “Ride for Freedom” on Memorial Day weekend will keep raging until the government brings prisoners of war (POWs) back home and closure to the families of American service members who are still missing in action (MIAs), the national president of Rolling Thunder, which organizes the event, told Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125.

HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — Residents of a Kentucky county are rallying and working frantically to repair and replace a Memorial Day cross display that was damaged by a driver accused of plowing through the crosses.

A Memorial Day service in Salt Lake City on Sunday honored Japanese-American veterans, including those who served in World War II.

A fellow Democrat posted a snapshot of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) apparently nodding off during a Memorial Day ceremony in the Presidio military cemetery in San Francisco on Monday.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott spoke of remembering America’s military members who have died in service to our nation and particularly those 91 Texas service members who received the Medal of Honor. His remarks came during a Memorial Day observance in Georgetown, Texas.

Political activist John Sims is encouraging people to join him in celebrating Memorial Day by burning and burying the Confederate flag.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry took to his keyboard to defend the honor of the late “American Sniper,” Navy Seal Chris Kyle. The former governor responded to what he called a “stunning display of inadequate research” in an article that challenged Kyle’s medal claims.

People devastated by the death of Harambe the Gorilla gathered at the Cincinnati Zoo to mourn after zoo authorities killed the animal when a child fell into the enclosure.

Families across America this Sunday and Monday congregated in their town’s main streets to honor the memories of those soldiers lost defending the United States throughout history, passing on to their children the utmost respect for those who gave all in defense of their nation.

Breitbart National Security senior editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, joined Sirius XM host Stephen K. Bannon on the Memorial Day edition of Breitbart News Daily to discuss how Americans outside the military view our long war against jihad.

Breitbart National Security senior editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of “Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War,” joined Sirius XM host Stephen K. Bannon on the Memorial Day edition of Breitbart News Daily to talk about the importance of honoring our war dead, in the midst of a 15-year-long war that may not even have reached the “end of the beginning” stage yet.

Gettysburg National Military Park historian John Heiser, recounted for Breitbart News Daily host Stephen K. Bannon the story of how the courageous young Union Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing was finally awarded the Medal of Honor over 150 years after the Battle of Gettysburg thanks to the tenacity of one elderly woman.

For Memorial Day, Adam Andrzejewski shares stories from his grandfather’s experiences in a tank crew during America’s World War II invasion of Europe.