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....US soldiers stand to attention, as a helmet, weapon and boots are seen, during a Memorial Day ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, Memorial Day commemorates US men and women who have died while in the military service....





....Bob Chavanne, 49, of Valley Stream, N.Y., plays taps for fallen U.S. soldiers following an annual event in honor of the Memorial Day holiday at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, N.Y. Chavanne comes to the cemetery every Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Christmas, stopping and playing taps in all the sections of the different wars....





....Boy Scout David Thompson, 12, of Columbus, N.J., walks with American Flags to place at grave sites for Memorial Day at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, N.J....





....Freshly-placed flags fly over the graves of Civil War veterans in Green Mount Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Montpelier, Vt. The federal holiday was first enacted to commemorate Union soldiers from the Civil War, and later expanded to honor casualties of any war or military action....






....First Vice President of the National Sojourners, Vaughn Schwalm of Pine Grove, Pa., in preparation for Memorial Day, inspects a 5100 flag instillation for service men and women that have died in Iraq and Afghanistan at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, in Annville, Pa....





....U.S. Army Pvt. Zach Lawson, 22, of Portland, Ore., places American flags on graves at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day, in Arlington, Va....





....Cub Scout Matthew Gemma, 10, places flags in honor of the Memorial Day holiday at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale N.Y....






....In this May 17, 2009 photo, Joe Landaker wipes away tears while visiting the grave of his son, Jared, at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif. Landaker is among more than 300 volunteers who honor those buried in the cemetery by reading their names leading up to Memorial Day each year....





....Joey Martin of Boy Scout Troop 16 places flags on the graves of veterans at West Lawn Cemetery Saturday, May 23, 2009 in Canton, Ohio. 'Operation Flag' included 300 Boys Scouts, Girls Scouts, Brownies and parents as they placed 2600 American flags on grave sites in observance of Memorial Day....





....Filipino veterans salute during ceremonies for U.S. Memorial Day at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines. The program of remembrance are for those who have died in the service of the United States of America throughout its history....





....Georgia Meadows (2nd R) and Kim Waldron (R), dressed as Civil War widows and representing the Blue Star Mothers of Northern Virginia, greet motorcycle riders as they parade across the Potomac River....





....Visitors sit in front of the grave stone for U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Andrew K. Stern, of Germantown, Tennessee, in Section 60 of the Arlington National Cemetery during the Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Virginia. Stern died of wounds received in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in September 2004 in Iraq....





....In observance of Memorial Day and soldiers still missing in action, thousands of bikers ride over the Memorial Bridge near the Lincoln Memorial during the annual Rolling Thunder celebration in Washington, Sunday....