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

Among the speakers were descendants of Navajo Code Talkers, the Marines who used their ancestral language to create an unbreakable code during World War II, a Navajo woman veteran and Michael Welsh, deputy director for the Phoenix VA health care system.

After taking off from Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, the four fighter jets will pass over the Colorado Freedom Memorial in Aurora at 10 a.m. Saturday. On Memorial Day, they’ll loft above Denver and several other cities: Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, 11:15 a.m.

With Memorial Day tomorrow and Tom Cruise’s latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ film in theaters, we shift the focus from action heroes to real heroes, including the U.S. and Canadian 1st Special Service Force, which sustained high casualties during World War II.

Memorial Day programs organized by differing veterans organizations, funeral homes and service groups will be held Memorial Day Weekend across the Mid-Ohio Valley. – In a change from previous years, Sunset Memorial Gardens will not be holding a Memorial Day program this year on the Saturday before the holiday,

Wintry weather continues to close the roadway through Rocky Mountain National Park, according to the National Park Service.

Here is what to expect when traveling throughout Arizona on Memorial Day weekend, including traffic issues, event coverage and weather updates.

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