Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed every year on the last Monday in May. It honors those who died serving in the United States military. In the United States, ...
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Memorial Day weekend is coming right up. Some call the holiday weekend the “unofficial start of summer” and celebrate with BBQs, camping or trips to the beach. Stores often use ...
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Decoration Day / Memorial Day

Posted on May 31, 2021 in Memorial Day

From the Images of Old Hawaii website “Custom, which is stronger than law, has made May 30th a national holiday. We trust it will ere long be made a legal ...
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Memorial Day 2021

Posted on May 31, 2021 in Memorial Day

Ultimate SacrificeWe Honor Those Who Died There is no “Happy Memorial Day”

Memorial Day 2020

Posted on May 25, 2020 in Memorial Day

From the Images of Old Hawaii website On May 5, 1866, the village of Waterloo, New York was decorated with flags at half mast, draped with evergreens and mourning black, ...
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Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Governor David Ige hosted the Governor’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe. View the photographs

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page On this Memorial Day, we join our fellow service members, veterans and community members at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ...
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Memorial Day 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019 in Memorial Day

When is Memorial Day? Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in military service for the United States Memorial Day is a federal holiday in ...
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2017 Memorial Day Ceremonies

Posted on Aug 24, 2017 in Memorial Day

Annually, the Hawaii Army National Guard honors those who were killed during the 1968 29th Infantry Brigade call-up and the Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom mobilization. There are two large pohaku (rocks) ...
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Present, former Hawaii Guard Soldiers, and Airmen help at the American Civil War Memorial Day Commemorative. The ceremony was held on May 17, 2017 at Oahu Cemetery click on photographs ...
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