Celebrating Memorial Day in central Ohio? Here are events to fill the holiday weekend

Numerous Memorial Day services are planned over the holiday weekend

Here are some of the local events planned this weekend commemorating Memorial Day:

Celebrating Memorial Day in central Ohio? Here are events to fill the holiday weekend

Whether honoring veterans or celebrating the unofficial start to summer, here are events happening in central Ohio on Memorial Day weekend.

05/22/2025 Bayside Editorial: Memorial Day: first, a show of respect - Worcester County News Bayside Gazette

Memorial Day: first, a show of respect There’s Memorial Day and then there is Memorial Day. One marks the unofficial beginning of summer, mostly because the Uniform Holiday Act of 1968 led to the creation of the federally declared three-day holiday weekend in 1971. The other Memorial Day, which since 1868 had been celebrated on May 30 before the act shifted it to the last Monday in May, is when we’re supposed to commemorate the sacrifice of memb…