In obituaries, Juneteenth memories are held as precious

Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America, has long been cherished by many families in obituaries on Legacy.com. Today we honor some of the remarkable lives that have been remembered all around the country in tributes citing Juneteenth as a source of precious memories and community togetherness.

R.I.P. Kurt Michael Friese: How Apple Pancakes Became a Recipe for Sweet Memories

In Legacy's "Recipe Vault" series, chefs and food lovers share how meals connect us to those we've lost.

Dorcas Reilly (1926–2018), creator of the green bean casserole

Dorcas Reilly first created the iconic green bean casserole in 1955 while working as a staff member in the kitchen at the Campbell Soup Company. Cream of Mushroom soup was a popular base for casseroles around the country, but Reilly was the first to add frozen green beans. Campbell Soup estimates that around 40 percent of their sales of cream of mushroom soup goes towards making green bean casserole.

Lights, Loss, and Surviving the Holidays: 10 Tips for Grieving Families

When the most wonderful time of the year isn't...

Family Stories: Tips for Making Memories Last Forever

When families gather, history comes alive. Keep the stories flowing with these tips from Comfort Zone Camp.

How to Create a Veteran’s Memorial Garden

Memorial Day can be a very personal experience in a very personal space.

Mom's Old Handwritten Recipes

Long before the internet became a storage center for any recipe you could ever wish to cook, moms had a different system for finding the recipes they’d use to feed their families. They wrote them down on recipe cards and stored them by the hundreds in recipe boxes and binders.

The Taste of Beautiful Memories

Making favorite family recipes helps us hold onto the loved ones we miss most.

Facing Valentine's Day Without Your Partner

Valentine's Day without your spouse can be hard, especially for the first time.

Handling the Holidays After the Death of a Loved One

Remember that you have options about how to cope with the holidays after the death of a person you love.

Food, Memories, and Loss

Eating is the ultimate social activity; we build relationships around the irreplaceable pleasure of sharing food with others.

Family Reorganization After a Death

Whenever a family member dies, there is a process that a healthy family undergoes in response to the loss of one of its own. That process is called “role reorganization.”

How to Tap Into Your Family’s Holiday Traditions

One great way to get your children thinking about their family’s history is to interview older family members about their own holiday traditions when they were young. And there’s no better time than when everyone’s together for the holidays.

Laura Silver on Knish, the Jewish Soul Food

Knish is a Jewish comfort food that collects adjectives like "humble" and "homey." It's not pretty, but it's delicious and a powerful connection to family and culture.

Lefse

For Lisa's Norwegian family, Thanksgiving isn't complete without the soft flatbread lefse, a dish that always reminds the family of their mother-grandmother, Emma.

Kapusca (Sauerkraut)

The Polish dishes she prepares at Thanksgiving remind Estelle of her father, who loved them all.

Pasteles

Every Thanksgiving, Maddie's family looked forward to her mom’s pasteles.

Rice Pilaf

Lee finds a special way to connect with lost loved ones when making rice pilaf.

Soup With Little Meatballs

After Chuck's mom died unexpectedly at 63, he recreated her soup recipe in her memory.

Galaktoboureko (Phyllo Custard Squares)

Sue shared her family's recipe for Galaktoboureko, a deliciously rich and sweet dish that is one of those must-have Greek dishes at her family Thanksgiving.

Bubba's Thumb Print Cookies

Dan Pashman, creator and host of the James Beard Award-nominated WNYC podcast The Sporkful , grew up baking Thumb Print Cookies with his mother in the family's New Jersey kitchen.

Hearty Short Rib Stew: A Food Network Star's Family Recipe

Duff Goldman, the pastry chef behind Food Network’s ‘Ace of Cakes,’ shares a recipe that figures deeply into his family history.

No Holiday From Grief: Life Events Without Your Loved One

How do we handle life's happy moments after the death of someone we love?