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A storefront window plastered with red-white-and-blue Memorial Day sale signs advertising furniture discounts.

We Marked Memorial Day With a Mattress Sale and a Moment of Silence, in That Order

Margaret Thorne -

May 31, 2025

A large smoked brisket resting on a cutting board beside a backyard pellet smoker

Man Who Bought $1,400 Smoker in March Unveils First Brisket, Family Eats It With Quiet Dignity of Hostages

May 26, 2025

Rows of small American flags planted at headstones in a rural veterans' cemetery section.

Clayborn County Memorial Day Flag-Planting Ends With 16 Extra Flags and No One Willing to Be the Person Who Asks

May 25, 2025

A cheap polyester American flag partially unwrapped from cellophane, lying on a wooden workbench in a dim garage with afternoon light filtering in.

I Bought a $4 American Flag at Lowe’s for Memorial Day and the Smell Coming Off It in My Garage Is Personally Insulting to My Grandfather

Brooke Ellery -

May 24, 2025

A small-town public swimming pool with empty lanes and a lifeguard chair under bright midday sun

Clayborn County Municipal Pool Will Open Saturday Two Hours Late, Combination to the Chemical Shed Having Died With Lyle Pemberton in March

May 23, 2025

A staged big-box-store Memorial Day patio display featuring a wooden Adirondack chair, American-flag throw pillows, and a tall white citronella candle on a faded eagle-print rug.

Lowe’s Unveils Memorial Day Patio Line Featuring Adirondack Chair Named ‘The Veteran’ and a $189 Citronella Candle Called ‘Freedom Lavender’

May 19, 2025

A close-up of charcoal briquettes piled in a bag, ready for a backyard grill.

A Kingsford Briquette Has Seventeen Ingredients and Only Four of Them Are Wood and Memorial Day Is in Eight Days

Brooke Ellery -

May 17, 2025

Heat shimmer rising off a Phoenix parking lot under a brutal cloudless sky.

Heat Dome Arrives Three Weeks Early, Tells Reporters It Just Wanted to ‘Beat the Memorial Day Traffic’

May 15, 2025