| A visitor creates a rubbing of an etched name on the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day, in Washington, Sunday, May 28, 2023. AP |
| U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers salutes as participants in the 'Rolling to Remember' motorcycle rally, ride past during the annual motorcycle parade, ahead of Memorial Day, in Washington, Sunday, May 28, 2023. AP |
| The Los Angeles chapter of the historic Buffalo Soldier Mounted Cavalry Unit join other Los Angeles area scouts and volunteers to salute fallen soldiers at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Saturday, May 27, 2023. The annual Memorial Day Flag Placement was held at Los Angeles National Cemetery where members of the Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed flags on the graves at the cemetery in West Los Angeles. AP |
| A child reads names etched on the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 28, 2023. AP |
| Portrait of Judy Wade, niece of Luther Story, with memory scrapbook of Luther Story, that her mother put together, Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Americus, Georgia. Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story was awarded the Medal of Honor after he went missing in battle during the Korean War is being buried on Memorial Day near his hometown in Georgia. Wounded Story was last seen on Sept. 1, 1950, when he stayed behind to cover his infantry unit's retreat. AP |
| Before sunrise, soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) take part in 'Flags In', placing small American flags in front of more than 260,000 graves for Memorial Day, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 25, 2023. REUTERS |
| Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment also known as The Old Guard, walk to a section of Arlington National Cemetery to place flags in front of each headstone for 'Flags-In' in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the Nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. AP |
| A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone for 'Flags-In' at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the Nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. AP |
| A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone for 'Flags-In' at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the Nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. AP |
| Shelby Anderson, left, and Carli Holland join other members from the Historical Unit of Southern California and other area scouts and volunteers to place flags in a salute to fallen soldiers at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Saturday, May 27, 2023. The annual Memorial Day Flag Placement was held at Los Angeles National Cemetery where members of the Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed flags on the graves at the cemetery in West Los Angeles. AP |
| A volunteer wipes clear a grave marker after placing an American flag in the Vicksburg National Cemetery, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Vicksburg, Miss. 18,000 flags are planted by volunteers at each grave marker in advance of the Memorial Day weekend. AP |
| A man pays his respects at a headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery prior to Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Virginia, May 26, 2023. AFP |
| In this aerial view, a man visits the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock, Maryland, on May 27, 2023, ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. AFP |
| People walk on a pathway through the Memorial Day Flag Garden on Boston Common, Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Boston. The more than 37,0000 flags are placed to honor Massachusetts soldiers who have died in service since the Revolutionary War. AP |
| Christian Dominguez looks at his daughter Paisley as his other daughter Meadow kisses Robert Michael Kelly's headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery before Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Virginia, May 26, 2023. Christian Dominguez, now in the Army, was a Marine in Fallujah. He visits the friends he lost every memorial weekend, and has brought his daughters with him to start teaching them about what he experienced. AFP |
| A Jiminy Cricket doll is seen on the headstone of Kristoffer Solesbee, in section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery before the Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Virginia on May 26, 2023. Kristoffer Solesbee was in the Airforce as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, and was killed in Iraq on may 26, 2011 when their unit attacked with in improvised explosive device. AFP |
| Kendall Rasmusson from Arizona visits her brothers grave, John K. Daggett, in section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery before the Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Virginia on May 26, 2023. Kristoffer Solesbee was in the Airforce as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, and was killed in Iraq on may 26, 2011 when their unit attacked with in improvised explosive device. AFP |
| A visitor pauses and reflects on the true meaning of Memorial Day at the USAA Poppy Wall of Honor - a temporary Memorial Day exhibit created by USAA consisting of more than 645,000 poppy flowers, with each flower honoring a fallen military service member since World War I on Friday, May. 26, 2023 in Washington, D.C. AP |
| Two visitors photograph the Chicago skyline at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion Amphitheater in the city's Millennium Park Thursday, May 25, 2023. Chicago is heading into the Memorial Day weekend hoping to head off violence that tends to surge with rising temperatures of summer. Even the state of Illinois is assisting by sending in what it's called 'peacekeepers' in an attempt to deescalate violent situations. AP |
| In an aerial view, a person walks in the beach on May 26, 2023 in Ocean City, Maryland. Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of beach season on the East Coast. AFP |