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.

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.

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.

The Livermore American Legion Otto Field Post No. 415 Annual Memorial Day program will be held at 11 a.m. Monday on Main Street in Livermore, in front of the Humboldt County Freedom Rock and Veterans Memorial Park.

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

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

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