Veterans Day 2008

Flowers are placed and prayers said at flag-decorated graves on Veterans Day at the state's Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, N.H., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.

Judy Clark, of Wolfeboro, N.H., places fresh cut flowers at the grave of her husband, World War II veteran Adelbert Clark, on Veterans Day at the state's Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, N.H., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.

Orianna Martinez waves the American flag after taking the Oath of Allegiance at a Veterans Day Naturalization Ceremony in San Antonio, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Campbell Bailey, 3, right, covers his ears from the parade noise and his brother Seth Bailey, 6, holds the American flag as they watch the Veterans Day parade, Tuesday, Nov.11, 2008, in Tallahassee, Fla.

Members of the Veteran Guard 3rd Regiment Infantry N.G.P aboard the former warship Olympia, now a museum, take part in a Veterans Day ceremony in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. The Olympia served in the Spanish-American War.

U.S. soldiers of Combined Security Transition Command stand silent and bow their heads during a ceremony marking Veterans Day at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.

The hand of a visitor to the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall reaches out to touch the name of a family member who had died in the Vietnam War, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 in Tallahassee, Fla. The wall was on display as part of Veterans Day commemorations.

President Bush holds his hand to his heart during the playing of the National Anthem at the start of the rededication ceremony of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.

President-elect Obama and Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth, director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Bronze Soldiers Memorial in honor of Veteran's Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, in Chicago.

An honor guard presents a wreath for Vice President Dick Cheney to place at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Monday, Nov. 11, 2008, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

Vice President-elect Joe Biden, second from left, departs after attending a Veterans Day Ceremony at the War Memorial in New Castle, Del., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.

Brendan Prout, left, sits with his mother, Kathy Prout, at the grave of her husband, Rear Admiral J. Prout, as they observe Veterans Day at the Cabrillo National Cemetary Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, in San Diego.

Fiona Micheline, 5, waves an American flag as military personnel pass by her during the Veterans Day parade in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.

Veteran Sam Pagan, originally from Puerto Rico, adjusts his cap during a Veterans Day parade Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, in Austin, Texas.

Army veteran William O'Neill, who served in Vietnam, holds his cap and a flag during a small ceremony marking Veterans Day in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008.

An American flag is carried down Sumter Street as the city of Columbia host the 30th annual Veterans Day parade Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, in Columbia, S.C.

A Filipino soldiers plays taps during the commemoration of Veterans Day Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 at the American Cemetery in Taguig, south of Manila. The event was held to honor Americans and Filipino veterans. The day was originally commemorated by Americans as Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I in 1918, but is now held in honor of all those who fought with the U.S. in its wars.

Anessah Tookes places American flags on the graves of military veterans in Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima, Wash. Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, in observance of Veterans Day Nov. 11. Tookes, 15, is a member of the Junior Girls of the VFW post no. 379. It's the first time the Junior Girls have placed the flags on the graves.

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