Memorial Day

The four equestrian statues outside the museum were designed St. Louis native by Walter Hancock

As St. Louis’ Soldiers Memorial adds 254 names, Gold Star families grieve, and remember

Miya Norfleet

This is the first time the Vietnam War Memorial has been updated since its installment in 1979.

Cheryl Rex,right, is comforted by her mother, Clarinda Montsuoka, near the grave of Rex's son at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange County, California. Lance Corporal Dylan Merola was killed in Afghanistan in August 2021.

Her son was killed in Afghanistan last year. This is her first Memorial Day as a Gold Star mother.

Steve Walsh

Cheryl Rex's son Dylan was among the last American victims of the Afghanistan war. In the months since his death, she's visited his grave almost every day.

Kristyn Stevens replenishes a row of crosses on Saturday, May 29, 2021. The family has sold gravestone arrangements from the same lot since the late 1980s.

Coronavirus

Family Continues To Sell Flowers For Jefferson Barracks Gravesites, Despite Losing Mom To COVID-19

Kayla Drake

An Oakville family is continuing their mother’s legacy of selling roadside flowers to honor soldiers at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery this Memorial Day.

Sailors in the U.S. Navy prepare to open the large-scale vaccination site at the Dome at America's Center on April 4, 2021.

Coronavirus

FEMA’s Downtown St. Louis COVID-19 Vaccination Site To Close After Memorial Day

Kayla Drake

The vaccination site at the Dome at America’s Center closes June 1. It’s open every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until then.

A little girl screams as she volts down the slide at Wapelhorst Aquatic Facility in St. Charles in May 2020.

Culture & History

St. Louis-Area Pools Plan Splashy Comeback This Memorial Day Weekend

Kayla Drake

Local pool operators are saying goodbye to capacity limits, temperature checks and mask requirements this summer. That’s a big reversal from last swim season.

Flags mark veterans graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on a past Memorial Day.

Arts

Memorial Day To Recognize Those Who've Served, Including Health Care Workers

Marissanne Lewis-Thompson

Memorial Day this year will be a time of recognizing all who are serving or have served on the front lines, even if observing the day will take place at a…

(May 27, 2019) The Muslim Community Services of St. Louis teamed up with Romeo Banks of "Taste of Romeo's" local barbecue service to help cook the meat for the annual Memorial Day barbecue since many of the Muslim volunteers are fasting in observance of R

Arts

Local Muslim Organization Prepares Barbecue For Veterans At Jefferson Barracks Center While Fasting

Lara Hamdan

As the weather gets warmer and schools start to let out, Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, making barbecues on the day a popular…

Government, Politics & Issues

Last Honor: St. Louis Call Center Schedules Veterans' Burials For All National Cemeteries

Mary Delach Leonard

About 30 times a day, Drayton Denson answers the phone at a call center in south St. Louis County that helps U.S. military veterans secure a grateful…

A boy carries a rose at a Vietnam Memorial Ceremony at the College of the Ozarks, near Branson.

Arts

St. Louis-area towns to mark Memorial Day with parades, speakers

Shahla Farzan

Cities throughout the St. Louis region will host parades and ceremonies this weekend in observance of Memorial Day.In preparation for the holiday weekend,…

A young boy carries a rose at a Vietnam Memorial Ceremony near Branson, Missouri at the College of the Ozarks. 2015

Arts

Here's where you can honor service members this Memorial Day

Linda Lockhart

Over this Memorial Day weekend, many people through the St. Louis area and around the nation will pause to honor military service members.Some ceremonies…