Yes, liquor stores in Texas will be open on Memorial Day. According to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, liquor stores are only required to close on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. If Christmas or New Year’s falls on a Sunday, they must also close the following Monday.

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, check out this list of events and activities around East Texas.

Food Network star Katie Lee Biegel stops by the TODAY kitchen to share her sweet tea brined oven-fried chicken that is perfect for Memorial Day weekend. She also highlights her bacon ranch potato salad and a Texas sheet cake.

DALLAS (AP) — People began loading up their cars and jumping on planes across the U.S. on Thursday as the long Memorial Day weekend kicked off. Even as politics and the nation’s aging air traffic infrastructure rattle the U.S. travel industry, Americans were expected to get away in record numbers.

Pay tribute to tie-down roping great "Super Looper" Roy Cooper at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas this memorial day.

AAA Texas said the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.19, which is the same price when compared to this day last week and 42 cents less per gallon when compared to this day last year.

The holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.

Over 130 will ruck nine miles in Palo Duro Canyon to honor fallen heroes during the annual Memorial Day Ruck Up event.