Walmart stores are expected to open on Memorial Day 2026, but shoppers should still check local hours before heading out.

is a holiday designed to honor those who died in service to their country. While a somber occasion, it’s also become the unofficial start of summer and people mark the day with cookouts, family reunions and get-togethers.

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.