Orange County cities are paying tribute to those who gave their lives defending the U.S. this Memorial Day through ceremonies, flag displays, reenactments and live music performances.
The holiday tradition honors over 650,000 members of the armed services who’ve died in battle since the U.S. was founded. The Memorial Day holiday has origins in the 1860s and was originally called Decoration Day due to early traditions of decorating fallen soldiers’ graves following the Civil War.
Memorial Day weekend was officially named in 1968 following the passage of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, establishing the holiday as the last Monday in May…