National Memorial Day Concert

the NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT will air on PBS and stream nationwide on YouTube on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. E.T.

the 33rd annual National Memorial Day Concert will air and stream on Sunday, May 29, 2022, honoring our men and women in uniform, Veterans, their families and all those who have given their lives for our country. 

2019 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the single most pivotal day in World War II. In the early hours of June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched greatest combination of sea, land and air power in history headed for Normandy.

The 2019 anniversary edition of the National Memorial Day Concert will feature A Gold Star Widow’s Journey.

Fifty years since the height of the Vietnam War, the painful memories from their service remain fresh for many of its veterans. In 1969, our soldiers continued to fulfill their duty and carry out the missions their country asked of them.

The Korean War took the lives of more than 36,000 Americans and another 100,000 more were wounded. In total, 1.5 million young Americans left to fight in a remote country far away from the comforts of home. They served for the simple reason that their country called.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Khe Sanh, one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War.

The concert will air live on PBS Sunday, May 27, 2018, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands and millions more at home and to troops serving around the world via the American Forces Network.