In an 1871 Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery abolitionist Frederick Douglass said he feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War’s impetus: enslavement. “We must never ...

Monday, May 27, 2024, on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Un ...