Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen troops. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.

In the 1880s, then-President Grover Cleveland was said to have spent the holiday going fishing — and “people were appalled,” Matthew Dennis, an emeritus history professor at the University ...

What are the origins of Memorial Day? The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865 ...

On the list of U.S. presidents, several were tapped to serve for more than one term. But only one other American president did it the way Trump will — with a gap of four years between terms.

Grover Cleveland set precedent of non-consecutive presidential terms DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press Nov 6, 2024 Updated Feb 11, 2025 0 ...

While historians note that Cleveland — the first Democrat elected to the White House after the Civil War — reclaimed some of the presidential power that his recent predecessors had ceded to ...

Given the Democrats’ continuous losses following the Civil War, Cleveland was seen by Democrats as their party’s savior, having finally returned them to the White House in 1884.

Neither Trump or Cleveland served in the military. Cleveland was exempted during the civil war because two older brothers were already serving, and he was the sole support for their widowed mother.

Cleveland served during a period of transition in our history. The three previously elected presidents were Civil War generals. We Americans do like our war heroes. But the times, they were a ...