Flags are at half-staff to honor fallen peace officers on Peace Officers Memorial Day. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson directs flags at half-staff on May 15 to honor fallen peace officers.

Mother's Day is this weekend, and its roots are likely deeper than you think. Here's how generations of women shaped the U.S. holiday.

She called for a Mother’s Day for Peace. Around this time an organizer and social activist from West Virginia named Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis was already picking up the cause.

Trump promised peace in Ukraine within a day. Here's what actually happened Russia has proposed another attempt at peace negotiations with Ukraine on Monday in Istanbul, but both sides remain ...

Peace Officers Memorial Day was first established by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and signed into law that same year, according to the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Howe later campaigned for a holiday called “Mother’s Peace Day” to be celebrated every June 2. Juliet Calhoun Blakely, a temperance activist from Michigan, inspired a local Mother’s Day to ...

Mother's Day is this weekend, which means it's time to honor the person who gave you life. Although the holiday was officially recognized in the U.S. in 1914, its roots trace back nearly 45 years ...

National Peace Officers Memorial Day honors fallen heroes Read full article: National Peace Officers Memorial Day honors fallen heroes. Across the country and in local communities, flags are ...

“The ‘Mother’s Day’ we celebrate today has its origins in the peace-and-reconciliation campaigns of the post-Civil War era. During the 1860s, at the urging of activist Ann Reeves Jarvis ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered the state's U.S. flags and Ohio flags to fly at half-staff May 15 in honor of Peace Officer Memorial Day and Police Week, according to a May 14 press release.

Mother's Day in the U.S. is on Sunday, May 11, 2025, the second Sunday of May. Mother's Day is celebrated on different dates in other countries. Whether it’s your own mother or the other ...