Every Memorial Day, I discuss death with my family. Being a man of few words, I limit the discussion to my main concern. "Do not ever put plastic flowers on my grave." Seeing cemeteries awash with ...

Red poppies are worn on Memorial Day to honor fallen military members. The tradition started during World War I, inspired by a poem and the poppies growing on battlefields. The American Legion and VFW ...

Rituals of death can remind us of America’s “new birth of freedom”—and our rebirth and renewal through Christ’s sacrifice. On Memorial Day we are meant to visit the dead. This duty was clearer when ...