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Memorial Day across the nation Across the country, Americans celebrate Memorial Day with wreaths, flags, flowers and parades to honor the men and women who have given their lives in war.
May 27, 2012
From left, Brienna Hanson, Angelique Anderson, Matthew Draeger and Udanti Rendsland bring a wreath to the end of the Red River Valley Veterans’ Memorial in Paris, Tex., during a Memorial Day service put on by the Paris Independent Bikers.
Sam Craft
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AP
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May 28, 2012
Boy Scout Troop No. 305 member Hunter Lynn carries an American flag along Main Street in Walla Walla, Wash., on Memorial Day. Lynn and other scouts place flags along the streets of downtown Walla Walla and team up every year with members of Jonathan M Wainwright AMVETS Post No. 1111 to start Memorial Day with a banner display.
Jeff Horner
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Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP
May 28, 2012
Marine Capts. Brady Bustin, of Des Moines, left, and Sean Wills, of Herndon, toast fallen Marine 1st Lt. Nicholas Madrazo in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery. Madrazo, of Bothell, Wash., was killed Sept. 9, 2008, by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s Parwan province.
Cliff Owen
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AP
May 28, 2012
Randi Meinert, center, grieves with family members over her brother's grave at the National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington. Her brother, Marine Maj. Sam Griffith, was killed in combat in Afghanistan in December 2011. She came to Arlington to participate with about 1,200 adults, most of whom are grieving siblings, parents and spouses, to attend the TAPS National Military Survival Seminar held concurrently with a Good Grief Camp for military children in Arlington. Five hundred military children and teens, many of whom had a parent who was killed in the Afghan and Iraq wars, attended the annual four-day Good Grief Camp in Arlington and Washington, D.C., which is run by TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors).
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May 28, 2012
President Obama speaks at the Memorial Day observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.
Charles Dharapak
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AP
May 28, 2012
Marines move into formation around the Tomb of the Unknowns during a Memorial Day wreath-laying service in Arlington. Members of all military branches take part in the ceremony.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
Onlookers photograph the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns before a Memorial Day observance.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
President Obama pauses as he lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
A girl tries to keep cool as she fans herself while waiting for the Memorial Day Observance to start at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
A soldier captures the scene with a mobile phone at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama sings the National Anthem along with others at a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in observance of Memorial Day.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
Current and former members of the military salute during the wreath-laying ceremony for Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
President Obama pauses during remarks at the Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery.
Jonathan Ernst
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
Vice President Biden, left, President Obama and Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington, commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, enter the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War. Obama was the third sitting president to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, after Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
Bill O'Leary
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The WASHINGTON POST
May 28, 2012
President Obama embraces Frances Shea, who son has been missing in action for 42 years, while walking with Rose Marie Sabo and first lady Michelle Obama after Memorial Day ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Bill O'Leary
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The WASHINGTON POST
May 28, 2012
An image of President Obama in shadow against one of the inscribed walls at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Bill O'Leary
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WASHINGTON POST
May 28, 2012
President Obama walks back to the stage after laying a wreath as a B-52 flies overhead at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Bill O'Leary
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The WASHINGTON POST
May 28, 2012
Sailors walk along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.
Brendan Smialowski
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AFP/Getty Images
May 28, 2012
Karen Clarkson grieves over her slain son's grave at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Her son Sgt. Joel Clarkson was serving as an Army Ranger team leader in Afghanistan when he was shot and killed in March 2010. He had also served three tours of duty in Iraq and one previous deployment in Afghanistan. Karen Clarkson was one of some 1,200 adults, most of whom are grieving parents and spouses, also attend the TAPS National Military Survival Seminar held concurrently with a "Good Grief Camp" for military children in Arlington.
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May 25, 2012
Madeline Grace Wallace, 4, carries flags at the National Cemetery in Little Rock, Ark. The girl and her mother visited the cemetery to place flags on graves for Memorial Day.
Danny Johnston
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AP
May 26, 2012
Evalynn Israel, 9, of Palmdale, Calif., walks through the Arlington West Iraq War Memorial in Santa Monica, Calif.
Jae C. Hong
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AP
May 28, 2012
A spectator holds an American Flag as the Davison High School twirlers march down Main Street in Davison, Mich., during a Memorial Day parade.
Brett Carlsen
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The Flint Journal via AP
May 28, 2012
With the Statue of Liberty in the distance, Jaden Crandell, 10, salutes a statue by Natan Rapoport depicting a soldier carrying a World War II concentration camp survivor during a Memorial Day outing with his family at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J.
Julio Cortez
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AP
May 28, 2012
A woman looks on from among the graves and a member of the honor guard stands watch as President Obama's motorcade departs after the Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery.
Jonathan Ernst
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
People attending the American Legion Post 21 Memorial Day observance head for cover just as the event was about to begin when rain from the outer bands of Tropical Depression Beryl passed through the Summerville, S.C., area. Organizers canceled the observance.
Brad Nettles
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The Post and Courier via AP
May 28, 2012
Marine Cpl. Josh Long is reflected in the granite of the Henderson War Memorial after he laid a wreath at the U.S. Marine Corps insignia on the memorial during the Memorial Day event in Central Park in Henderson, Ky.
Darrin Phegley
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The Gleaner via AP
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