Photos: Memorial Day Weekend
People around the nation participate in Memorial Day Weekend events including parades and flag placings.
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A couple photograph themselves amongst a sea of flags on Boston Common in Boston, Sunday, May 26, 2013. The flags were placed by the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund in memory of every fallen Massachusetts service member from the Civil War to the present. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Motorcycles drive over the Memorial Bridge during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Ken Caryl of Dale City, Va. salutes the motorcyclists, many of them are veterans, as they ride across the Memorial Bridge into Washington Sunday, May 26, 2013, during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Monday's Memorial Day celebration. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Motorcyclists ride across the Memorial Bridge into Washington as Jen Caryl, right, and her mother Connie of Dale City, Va., hold appreciative signs Sunday, May 26, 2013, during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Monday's Memorial Day celebration. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Motorcycles drive past Marine veteran retired Staff Sargent Tim Chambers as he salutes, during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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At the Memorial Day Service at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minnesota, Korean War veteran Bob Pellow, 84, was a flag bearer in the strong winds that presided over the ceremonies. (Richard Tsong Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)
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At the Memorial Day Service at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minnesota, Ryan Neal, wife Desiree and daughter Sophia, paid a visit to deceased Korean War Purple Heart decorated Army Sgt. Lyle Johnson who passed away in 2011. Desiree described her grandfather as a man who loved kids and spent a year and a half in a Denver hospital recovering from machine gun wounds. (Richard Tsong Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)
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Items are placed at the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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A veteran looks at the names of those who died etched into the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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A veteran looks at the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Faith Roesch, 6, participates in the the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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From left, Boy Scouts Ethan Rogers, Wyatt Hart and Nick Harris of Troop 12 of New Paris salute the American flag during the New Paris Memorial Day Service at New Paris Cemetery, Sunday, May 26, 2013 in New Paris, Ind. The ceremony featured a flyover and U.S. Rep Jackie Walorski and Indiana Rep. Rebecca Kubacki spoke about Memorial Day. (AP Photo/The Goshen News, Sam Householder)
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From left, state Rep. Rebecca Kubacki, U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski and Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers watch a missing man formation flyover during the New Paris Memorial Day service at New Paris Cemetery, Sunday, May 26, 2013 in New Paris, Ind. The ceremony included the representatives handing out flags that have flown over the U.S. Capitol Building and Indiana state Capitol Building to families who have lost veterans in the past year. (AP Photo/The Goshen News, Sam Householder)
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Rows of U.S. flags frame the moon above the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Wrightstown, N.J., Sunday, May 26, 2013. On Friday, Boy Scouts placed thousands of flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Korean War veteran Bob Pellow, 84, a flag bearer, puts his hat back on after strong winds knocked it off during Memorial Day ceremonies at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
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Boy Scout Leader Donald Bailey, of New York, who has been placing flags for 18 years, checks the condition of American Flags on graves at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed the memorial flags on grave-sites for veterans of the Civil War, American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars to honor them for the Memorial Day holiday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Representing the Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 7089 in Tumwater John and Sharon Bradburn toss ceremonial flowers into Budd Inlet during the annual Waterside Ceremony May 26, 2013 at Percival Landing in downtown Olympia,Wash. Organized by the Thurston County Veterans Council the annual Memorial day weekend event honors those who lost their lives at sea while serving their country. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom)
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Stilt walker Mike Weakley bends over from his 9'6" "height" to get a high five from a member of the LaMar family on the main street of vendors and displays. On Sunday May 26, 2013 the Blue Crab Festival in Palatka, Fla. continued celebrating its 25th anniversary with the festival that continues on Monday, Memorial Day. The event featured food, crafts, amusement rides and plenty of music and vendors set-up in downtown Palatka. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bob Mack)
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A boy rides his bike past crosses that bear the names of College Point veterans during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau a Florida Keys manatee mailbox in Islamorada, Fla., is decorated in red, white and blue Sunday, May 26, 2013, to honor Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
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Jenny Chen, top, helps her daughter Hope Chen, 3, retrieve an American flag during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Bystanders watch the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A fife and drum band participates in the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Carol Brandt, 3, right, talks with her father Matthew Brandt arms during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Sisters Lucia, 6, right, and Adriana, 2, DiPiano watch as a fife and drum band pass by during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A float passes by during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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