Honoring The Fallen

An unidentified U.S. Marine salutes as participants of the 20th annual Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom drive in front of the Lincoln Memorial, seen in background, Sunday, May 27, 2007 in Washington.

A Young Tribute

Boy Scout Evan Seickel, 13, of Massapequa, N.Y., looks at a headstone as he places flags for Memorial Day at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, N.Y., May 26, 2007.

Honor Guard

Suffolk County American Legion members participate in a Memorial Day parade through Mt. Hope Cemetery in Boston, May 27, 2007.

The Latest To Be Memorialized

Pictures are displayed as volunteers set up the Arlington West display of war memorial crosses organized by Veterans for Peace (VFP) on Santa Monica Beach on May 26, 2007, in Santa Monica, Calif. More than 3,400 American servicemembers have died in Iraq.

Boots

Anthony Martini of Chicago, Ill., mourns his brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Philip John Martini, while visiting a memorial of over 3,400 pairs of boots representing the U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq, in Chicago's Grant Park, May 26, 2007.

Resting Far From Home

An American walks around tombstones during the commemoration of U.S. Memorial Day at the Manila American Cemetery in suburban Manila on May 27, 2007. More than 17,000 American military dead have been laid to rest at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, which contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead from World War II, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines.

Shoulder To Shoulder

An American soldier stands beside his Filipino counterpart as they bear their national flags during the commemoration of U.S. Memorial Day at the Manila American Cemetery in suburban Manila on May 27, 2007.

Generations

Carolyn Quach, 5, from North Carolina, reaches out to touch the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, May 26, 2007. Carolyn, whose parents are from Vietnam, was in town with relatives who still live in the southeast Asian nation.

Honoring Families

Ret. USMC Col. Charles Gallina watches as U.S. Army soldiers from the 289th Military Police Company from Ft. Meyer place a flag in front of his wife Caroline Havel's gravestone and others at Arlington National Cemetery during the Flag-In Ceremony ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, May 24, 2007, in Arlington, Va.

Eyes

U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran Terry Eymard looks on during a Memorial Day service at Chalmette National Cemetery, May 27, 2007, in New Orleans, La. Over 15,000 soldiers from various wars are buried at the cemetery which opened in 1864 as a final resting place for Union soldiers who perished in Louisiana hospitals during the Civil War.

Faith

Selena Fox, a Wiccan priestess and founder of Circle Sanctuary, arranges flowers in Barneveld, Wisc., May 20, 2007, around a new grave maker with the Wiccan pentacle for Nevada National Guard Sgt. Patrick Stewart who was killed in Afghanistan in 2005.

Flags

Construction workers watch the beginning of Chicago's Memorial Day parade, May 26, 2007.

Shrine

1st Sgt. Aldo Galeana, 42, from San Diego, Calif. of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment adds Pfc. Joseph Anzack's photo to the company's shrine to fallen soldiers in Quarghuli village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, May 26, 2007. Pfc. Anzack, 20, from Torrance, Calif. was captured two weeks ago in a May 12 ambush on his platoon and was killed in captivity.

Message To The Vice President

Demonstrators participating in an anti-war protest carry makeshift coffins as a war supporter, center, walks along with them toward Thayer Gate near the West Point Military Academy as the cadets' commencement ceremony takes place, where Vice President Dick Cheney was giving an address, May 26, 2007, in Highland Falls, N.Y.

Lady Liberty

The USS Oscar Austin sails past the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, May 23, 2007. The Parade of Ships marks the beginning of Fleet Week celebrations which lead up to Memorial Day.

Home

Spc. John McCormick, of Bridgeport, Ohio, cuddles and kisses his daughter, Markiee, during a Memorial Day service in Bridgeport, Ohio, May 26, 2007. McCormick recently returned from serving 13 months in Iraq at Camp Anaconda in Balad.