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Americans take part in Veterans Day observances nationwide

Nov. 11, 2021

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The colors are retired after President Joe Biden placed a wreath during a centennial ceremony for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, on Veterans Day today in Arlington, Va.
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President Joe Biden salutes before placing a wreath during a centennial ceremony for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery today.
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President Joe Biden speaks in the the Memorial Amphitheater, in Arlington National Cemetery today.
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A man puts the World War II Congressional Gold Medal for World War II veteran Remigio "Rey" Cabacar as he arrives at a Veterans Day ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington today, hosted by The Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service. Cabacar is a Filipino American who served under General Douglas MacArthur.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, center, talks to veterans at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as people gather to commemorate Veterans Day today in Washington.
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Vietnam veteran Fred Lash lays a wreath during a Veterans Day observance at Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington today.
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Vietnam veterans attend a wreath laying ceremony on Veterans Day at Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington today.
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Visitors walk around the sculptures at Korean War Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day in Washington today.
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People walk around at the World War II Memorial on Veterans Day in Washington today.
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Participants march up Fifth Ave. during the 102nd annual Veterans Day parade today in New York.
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Participants march up Fifth Avenue during the 102nd annual Veterans Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A visitor stops at a gravesite to mark Veterans Day in Fort Logan National Cemetery today in Sheridan, Colo.
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Elexzena Carr-McKnight touches her brother's name Robert H. Carr etched on a wall at the Vietnam War Memorial in Philadelphia on Veterans Day, today.
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Ida Hulen stands in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery after visiting the headstone of her husband, U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Gene Hulen today in Arlington, Va. Section 60 is where the men and women who died in America's most recent wars, especially Iraq and Afghanistan, are buried.
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Kaitlyn Collignon holds her daugther Roan, age four months, as she visits the headstone of her brother, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kevin Ryan Herrmann, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, today, in Arlington, Va. Section 60 is where the men and women who died in America's most recent wars, especially Iraq and Afghanistan, are buried.
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Giselle Dela Garza visits the grave site of her grandfather, Navy veteran Paul Dela Garza, during a Veteran's Day event at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, today, in San Antonio.
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Lam Sandidge, right, visits the grave site of her husband, Maj. Ernie Sandidge, during a Veteran's Day event at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, today in San Antonio.

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