Happy Memorial Day! Today is about grief, sacrifice, and honor. Cinema has always been good at using these elements to tell compelling stories.
If you're celebrating, it's a good time to reflect on the sacrifices of American heroes, and one way to do it is to revisit some of the most patriotic movie scenes.
Here are six of our favorites.
The opening…
Against a red background, three men in colonial attire are marching.
The little American flags on the graves at Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania, look the same from a distance. A grid of red, white, and blue running between the headstones in the May light, the lilacs dried up on the south corner where the older immigrant families that built this nation are buried. From the parking lot of every American cemetery, it's all the same flag — the same…
Summer unofficially starts with three things: the long Memorial Day weekend, a packed beach bag, and an iced coffee in hand. Luckily, Dunkin’ is making all of that a little easier this holiday weekend with the return of its viral Iced Beverage Buckets.
Starting May 22, participating Dunkin’ locations nationwide will once again offer the oversized 48 oz. beverage buckets for a limited time…
While we have yet to make it to the long Memorial Day weekend (come quicker, I beg), 2026’s lineup of Memorial Day sales is already here. Starting now, our editors’ top favorite brands are shelling out discounts on everything from skincare and shoes to high-ticket furniture and sheet sets.
Since it feels like everyone and their mother is hosting a Memorial Day sale this year, we…