Memorial Day

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Every Memorial Day, bikers enter Washington, D.C. to honor veterans, POWs and MIAs.

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More than 1,000 The Old Guard Soldiers place 250,000 U.S. flags at ArlingtonNatl. For more than 50 years, this tradition known as Flags-In occurs just prior to #MemorialDay to honor our nation’s fallen military heroes. by Elizabeth Fraser

Located in Washington, D.C., the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (also known as the Vietnam Wall) honors American soldiers who died in the Vietnam War.

U.S. soldiers hold their rifles in silence during a Memorial Day observance ceremony in Afghanistan.

In cemeteries around America, flags are placed at the graves of veterans.

The Memorial commemorates the moment when American marines placed an American flag over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars salute during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Arlington National Cemetery.

Many veterans are buried abroad, near where they died during battle. Pictured is an American cemetery in Impruneta, Italy.

To show their support, on Memorial Day, many take part in battle reenactments. Here, Civil War reenactors in Indiana stand quietly with their hands on their hearts.

The dead are honored on Memorial Day with the playing of "Taps" on horn.

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The village of Waterloo, New York first celebrated Memorial Day in 1866.

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