Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May, originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans founded in Decatur, Illinois, established it as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers.
Here are Memorial Day parades in the area:
Tuesday, May 22| Memorial Day Parade at Village of Delanson
Wednesday, May 23| Memorial Day Parade at Village of Scotia
Thursday, May 24| 58th Annual Memorial Day Parade at the Town of Rotterdam
Saturday, May 26| Memorial Day Parade at Ballston Spa
Saturday, May 26| Town of East Greenbush Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 28| Albany Memorial Day Parade
