Memorial Day around the nation
People around the country paused on Monday, May 28 to recognize loved ones and service members, both living and deceased.
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Roger Galloway, 72, of the Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 83, waves a flag and prepares to march in the Memorial Day Parade in Jackson, Mich., Monday, May 28, 2012.
Hannah Potes The Jackson Citizen Patriot
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Boy Scout Troop #305 member Hunter Lynn carries an American flag along Main Street in Walla Walla, Wash., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012. 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 #1111 to start Memorial Day with a banner display.
Jeff Horner Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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California Corps Cadet Alex Greyeagle erects a United States flag Monday, May 28, 2012, in preparation for the annual Memorial Day service at the Porterville Cemetery in Porterville, Calif.
Reneh Agha Porterville Recorder
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U.S. Marine Corps veteran Harry Cate visits the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial during a Memorial Day ceremony Monday, May 28, 2012, in Knoxville, Tenn. The ceremony included a formal reading of the names of 6,179 East Tennesseans who died in service to our country.
Michael Patrick Knoxville News Sentinel
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Carla Buyes kisses a rose in the Procession of the Blood Rose during a Memorial Day ceremony at Restlawn Memory Gardens, in Salem Ore., on Monday, May 28, 2012. Buyes' son, Marine Cpl. Adam Buyes, was killed in Afghanistan in November 2011.
Timothy J. Gonzalez Statesman Journal
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk together during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, Monday, May 28, 2012, in Washington.
Carolyn Kaster Ap Photo
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Army Sgt. Chris England visits the grave of his friend, Staff Sgt. Kristofer Ciraso, at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas, on Monday May 28, 2012. England said they were partners in Iraq when Ciraso, 26, was killed by an IED in 2006.
Jay Janne Statesman.Com
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A veteran and member of the LaPorte City Band salutes as his branch of military service is recognized during the Memorial Day service Monday, May 28, 2012 in LaPorte, Ind.
Bob Wellinski The News Dispatch
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Sheryl Satterthwaite kneels at the grave of her husband, Army Spc. Dennis Satterthwaite, who served during Desert Storm, at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass.
Christine Hochkeppel The Cape Cod Times
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Kelly Newens pauses to remember her uncles, World War II veterans Ronald and Clarence Brooks, during a Memorial Day program at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Corvallis, Ore., Monday, May 28, 2012.
The Corvallis Gazette-Times, Amanda Cowan Ap Photo
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Sarah Kladar, 13, of the Civil Air Patrol, stands at attention with other CAP airmen and wait to shoot the 21 gun salute Monday, May 28, 2012, during a Memorial Day event on the shores of Hayden Lake. There were several major Memorial Day events at cemeteries and monuments around the region.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review