PHOTOS: Memorial Day 2014 celebrated around the U.S.
May 26, 2014
Bill Siebert, of Salina, a member of the VFW Post 1432 Firing Squad, walks through Gypsum Hill Cemetery to join his squad Monday, May 26, 2014, in Salina, Kan. Siebert served during World War II as a soldier in the 80th Infantry Division in France and Germany. (AP Photo/Salina Journal, Tom Dorsey) ( Memorial Day )
Korean War veterans participate in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931111 )
Members of the honor and color guards fire a final volley at the conclusion of the Memorial Day service at the Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery in Mesa, Ariz., on Monday, May 26, 2014. The guards are members of the American Legion Post 27. Around 300 retired military members, their families and friends came to the observance to remember and honor the service people who sacrificed their lives for the protection and freedom of the country. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight) ( Memorial Day )
Glenda Amerine searches for her husband, Maynard D Amerine's, grave during a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver, Colorado on May 26, 2014. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post) ( MEMORIALDAYPHOTO )
In this May 23, 2014 photo, Fir Grove Elementary School third grader Skylee Blansett helps place flags at Roseburg National Cemetery in Roseburg, Ore. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan) ( Memorial Day )
Navy veteran Mike Bukowski, of Virginia Beach, Va., hands out small U.S. flags at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., for Memorial Day Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ( Memorial Day )
A crowd listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached "a pivotal moment" in Afghanistan with the end of war approaching. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ( Obama Memorial Day )
President Barack Obama speaks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ( Obama Memorial Day )
Vintage cars participate in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931139 )
People watch as veterans and school children march in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931133 )
Area veterans participate in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931155 )
Vintage cars participate in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931125 )
Gracie Kitka, 5, waves her flag and hand while riding in the Friendship Fire CompanyĆs Ladder 19 in the Danville Memorial Day Parade, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Danville, Pa. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May) ( Memorial Day Pennsylvania )
Joseph Felner (88) a participant in the landing at D-Day during WW2, participates in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931113 )
From left to right, Deon Monroe, Debra Monroe, Daniel Monroe, Jordan Simms and Demetrius Monroe relax in some shade on Memorial Day at Pioneer and Military Memorial Park in Phoenix, Ariz., on Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Patrick Breen) ( Memorial Day )
A large crowd leaves after a Memorial Day service at the national cemetery in New Bern, N.C., Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The New Bern Sun Journal, Chuck Beckley) ( Memorial Day )
Sgt. Brandon Uhrich, of the U.S. Marine Corps, participates with the Tri-Rivers Detachtment of the Marine Corps League Monday, May 26, 2014, in a Memorial Day ceremony at Roselawn Memorial Park in Salina, Kan. Uhrich, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, is a Marine Corps recruiter stationed in Salina. (AP Photo/Salina Journal, Tom Dorsey) ( Memorial Day )
Members of the military unfurl an American flag during a wreath laying ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum May 26 in New York City. Memorial Day, orginally celebrated as Decoration Day after the Civial War in 1868, became a federal holiday in 1971 and commemorates all those who have died fighting for the U.S. in wars. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) ( 493932671 )
A member of the stands during a wreath laying ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum May 26 in New York City. Memorial Day, orginally celebrated as Decoration Day after the Civial War in 1868, became a federal holiday in 1971 and commemorates all those who have died fighting for the U.S. in wars. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) ( 493932653 )
Members of the military unfurl an American flag during a wreath laying ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum May 26 in New York City. Memorial Day, orginally celebrated as Decoration Day after the Civial War in 1868, became a federal holiday in 1971 and commemorates all those who have died fighting for the U.S. in wars. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) ( 493932661 )
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Admiral Bill Gortney, Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command, participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum May 26, 2014 in New York City. Memorial Day, orginally celebrated as Decoration Day after the Civial War in 1868, became a federal holiday in 1971 and commemorates all those who have died fighting for the U.S. in wars. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) ( 493932657 )
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Third Class Johnathan Loper, right, and others salute during the National Anthem before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ( Marlins Nationals Baseball )
Jets fly over as members of the U.S. Military hold the American Flag across the outfield, in honor of Memorial Day, before a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox on Monday, May 26, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Red Sox Braves Baseball )
Family members of World Word II Army veteran Floyd Wiley pray around his grave marker and that of his wife, Florence Wiley, on Memorial Day at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown) ( Memorial Day )
Robyn Smith sits at the grave of her grandfather, Marine Cpl. veteran Robert Louman during a Memorial Day visit to the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif., Monday, May 26, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ( Memorial Day California )
Ken Giese plays Amazing Grace on the bagpipes during a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver, Colorado on May 26, 2014. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post) ( MEMORIALDAYPHOTO )
Revolutionary War reenactors wait for the start of a Memorial Day observance at the National World War Museum at Liberty Memorial Monday, May 26, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ( Memorial Day )
A woman dressed as a WWI nurse participates in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931117 )
Children wave flags from a vintage car while participating in the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Across America towns and cities will be celebrating veterans of the United States Armed Forces and the sacrifices they have made. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in America and has been celebrated since the end of the Civil War. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 493931115 )
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, May 26, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. Obama returned to Washington the morning of May 26, after a surprise visit to Afghanistan to visit U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field. (Pool photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ( 493931265 )
US First Lady Michelle Obama arrives to attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 26, 2014. URI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 530153247 )
U.S. President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, May 26, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. Obama returned to Washington the morning of May 26, after a surprise visit to Afghanistan to visit U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field. (Pool photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ( 493931269 )
Members of the American Legion Post in Brownsville, Texas, prepare for the Memorial Day ceremonies began at Veterans Memorial Park, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Brad Doherty) ( Memorial Day )
Sr. Airmen Lorrena Slaton of the Civil Air Patrol stands at attention as she hold the American flag during a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver, Colorado on May 26, 2014. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post) ( MEMORIALDAYPHOTO )
Larry Cater, center, leads a field cross ceremony honoring Vietnam veterans during the Mechanicsburg Area Veterans Council Memorial Day program held at the Mechanicsburg, Pa., Cemetery Monday, May 26, 2014. On the right is Lt. Col. Fred Lovelace. (AP Photo/PennLive.com, Joe Hermitt) ( Memorial Day )
Dressed as Uncle Sam, Gordon Dunn of Pittsfield, Mass., salutes fallen veterans at a memorial held in the town cemetery on Memorial Day in Pittsfield, Mass., Monday May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Berkshire Eagle, Ben Garver) ( Memorial Day )
A robin perches on a headstone during a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver, Colorado on May 26, 2014. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post) ( MEMORIALDAYPHOTO )
Karl Goebel and Lucia McConnell walk amongst the headstones as they visit several graves during a Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan Cemetery in Denver, Colorado on May 26, 2014. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post) ( MEMORIALDAYPHOTO )
A rose sits on a tombstone of a civl war soldier at Marietta National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ( APTOPIX Memorial Day )
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