HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston is honoring veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice, with several Memorial Day services across town on Monday. The Houston National Cemetery is holding its annual ceremony at 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive in northwest Harris County. The event, which is free and open to the public, started at 9 a.m.

Today is Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, traces its roots to the aftermath of the Civil War. Communities across the United States-North and South, Black and White-began the tradition of decorating soldiers’ graves with flowers in springtime to honor those who died in the conflict[1][2].