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Americans observe Memorial Day across the country

By PHOTOS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 27, 2019

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Vice President Mike Pence has paid tribute to fallen members of the U.S. Armed Forces, thanking their loved ones in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and acknowledging that for them "every day is Memorial Day."
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American flags are shown at gravestones on Memorial Day at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Mich., on Monday.
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Jack Phillips, of American Legion Post 62, plays Amazing Grace during the Bedford International Alliance Inc. Memorial Day Service at Greenwood Cemetery in Bedford, Va., on Monday.
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A rose is placed on a veterans grave during the Memorial Day celebrations at the Veterans National Cemetery in Los Angeles on Monday.
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Mildred Walker looks for her mother's grave on Memorial Day at Leavenworth National Cemetery on Monday in Leavenworth, Kan.
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Tessie Green, left, is helped by her daughter-in-law Patty Green after visiting her daughter's grave on Memorial Day at Leavenworth National Cemetery on Monday in Leavenworth, Kan.
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Madelyn Andrews, 6, from Woodland Hills, Calif. places flags on veteran's graves on Memorial Day at the Veterans National Cemetery in Los Angeles on Monday.
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Members of the West Virginia and Kentucky Patriot Guard carry the unclaimed remains of veterans Army Sgt. Roosevelt Hatch, Navy veteran George Righter and Air Force Sgt. Eddie Elkins during an interment ceremony at Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetary in Dunbar, W.Va., on Monday. Army, Navy and Air Force honor guards stand behind holding flags used in the ceremony. The three veterans received full military honors at the ceremony, held by the state Department of Veterans Assistance. Their urns will be placed in a columbarium next to each other.
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World War II U.S. Army veteran Urban Link, 92, wipes away a tear after receiving his high school diploma during a Memorial Day ceremony in Hastings, Pa., on Monday. Link left the former Hastings High School in his junior year to join the war effort, serving in Okinawa, Japan. The diploma was from Cambria Heights High School, which replaced the former Hastings High School.
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Jody Johnson, right, gives a fellow rider a thumbs up as he prepares to begin the 20th annual Ride to Remember with Teresa Cloyd at Permian Basin's Vietnam Memorial on Monday in Ector County, Texas.
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A motorcyclist rides down Chris Kyle Memorial Highway during the 20th annual Ride to Remember in honor of Memorial Day at Permian Basin's Vietnam Memorial on Monday in Ector County, Texas.
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Bill 'Wild Bill' McNeil salutes the American flag during the opening ceremony for the 20th annual Ride to Remember to honor Memorial Day at Permian Basin's Vietnam Memorial Monday, May 27, 2019, in Midland, Texas. (Jacob Ford/Odessa American via AP)
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Teresa Alaimo, left, holds an American flag as she attends a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Harry Peterlin, a World War II veteran, carries an American flag at Rose Hill Cemetery in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Memorial Day, on Monday. Peterlin served with the Fleet Marine Force during the invasion of Japan and served from 1947-1951.
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Harry Peterlin, a World War II veteran, carries an American flag at Rose Hill Cemetery in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Memorial Day, on Monday. Peterlin served with the Fleet Marine Force during the invasion of Japan and served from 1947-1951.
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Solomon Martinez, center, with his family watch a flyover while paying his respects at his son Rodrigo's gravesite on Memorial Day at the Veterans National Cemetery in Los Angeles on Monday. Rodrigo Martinez was killed in action in Iraq in 2004.
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Gardner Simpkins reads a biography about Sgt. Ray Stevens, a Bedford boy, during the Bedford International Alliance Inc. Memorial Day Service at Greenwood Cemetery in Bedford, Va., on Monday.
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Steve Mashigan visits the grave of his brother on Memorial Day at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Mich., on Monday.
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Colleen Kuplicki visits a family members' grave on Memorial Day at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Mich., on Monday.
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United States Coast Guard veteran Jason Rackley salutes as the Coast Guard flag is placed at half-staff and the anthem is played on Monday during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park in Rocky Mount, N.C.
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Dave Crafton pays his respects on Monday to his father and mother who are both buried at National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. Crafton’s father served in World War II.
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Carla Martinez comforts her cousin Ceaser Martinez as he weeps over his brother's grave on Memorial Day at the Veterans National Cemetery in Los Angeles on Monday. Rodrigo Matinez was killed in action in Iraq in 2004.
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Ron Galante, of the USS Carbonero Base, rings the bell for each member of the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council that died this past year during a Memorial Day ceremony hosted by the council at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Monday in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Kaitlin Fine photographs her daughter, Ansley Fine, at the grave of her husband, Jeremy Fine at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Monday. Specialist Fine is also the father of Ansley. The family visited the grave after the ceremony. The Chattanooga Area Veterans Council hosted the Memorial Day ceremony.
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Pat Link, commander of VFW Post 1586, salutes a wreath during a Memorial Day ceremony at St. Bernard Cemetery in Hastings, Pa., on Monday.
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Fred Huskey of the Vietnam Veterans of America #203, with the help of Ken Starry, presents a rose to Gold Star wife Dee Townley as the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council hosts the Memorial Day ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Monday. Comforting Ms. Townley to her right is fellow Gold Star wife, Jeanine Mynatt.
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The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard drill team perform at the Hyundai Air & Sea Show on Sunday as part of Memorial Day weekend events in Miami Beach, Fla.
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U.S. Navy Yeoman Mark Stallins, left, plays a tribute at the gravestone of a veteran as retired U.s. Navy Sgt. Doug Sagrillo stands at attention as part of Memorial Day activities at Fort Logan National Cemetery, on Sunday in Denver.
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Tiger Scout Sam Moynihan, 7, from Oakville, Mo., places flags on graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis County as part of the 70th annual Memorial Day Good Turn on Sunday. About 5,000 scouts placed more than 150,000 flags in front of the headstone of veterans buried at the cemetery.
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Members of the Marine Corps march in formation during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in observance of Memorial Day, on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Janice Scherm holds a framed photograph of her late father, Bill Carter, a veteran and staff sergeant of the Marine Corps who served on Guadalcanal at Henderson Field, as veteran Ralph Ramirea stands at right during a Memorial Day service on Monday in Owensboro, Ky.
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John Howard with the American Legion Riders places a white rose on a memorial for fallen soldiers as Charles Lagadinos, commander of the American Legion Post 9, salutes during a Memorial Day service on Monday in Owensboro, Ky.
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Vice President Mike Pence, from left, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford pause during a prayer on Monday during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Ruth Eileen Osmolski of Powhatan wears a necklace with a photo and memorials of her son, Army Sgt. John Carl Osmolski in Richmond, Va., on Monday Sgt. Osmolski who was killed during a combat operation in Iraq, 2008.
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Vice President Mike Pence lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in observance of Memorial Day on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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Former Sen. Bob Dole, right, and his wife Elizabeth Dole acknowledge well-wishers during a Memorial Day ceremony, on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
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A member of the U.S. Navy parachute team, The Leap Frogs, comes in for a landing with an American flag at the Hyundai Air & Sea Show on Sunday as part of Memorial Day weekend events in Miami Beach, Fla.
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Members of Vietnam Veterans, James E. Callahan Chapter 65, Pittsfield gather to march in the Pittsfield, Mass., Memorial Day Parade, on Monday.
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Cat Moriarty, 12, shows her patriotism during the Pittsfield, Mass., Memorial Day celebrations, on Monday.
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An honor guard fires a 21-gun salute at St. Michael's Cemetery, in Brattleboro, Vt., during a Memorial Day service on Monday.
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Don Strange, of the American Legion Brattleboro Post 5, plays "Taps" at the Prospect Hill Cemetery, in Brattleboro, during a Memorial Day service on Monday.
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In this Sunday photo people attend a Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Mich.
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In this Sunday photo people attend a Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Mich.
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In this Sunday photo people attend a Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Mich.
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An American flag marks the gravestone of a fallen veteran as part of Memorial Day activities at Fort Logan National Cemetery, on Sunday in Denver.
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American flags mark the gravestones of military members and their families as part of Memorial Day activities at Fort Logan National Cemetery, on Sunday in Denver.
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