Photos: Americans honor veterans on Memorial Day weekend
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Memorial Day: About 3,500 local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts planted 90,000 flags at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood, CA on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Veterans salute in the amphitheatre at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the start of a ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Memorial Day. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: People look on in the amphitheatre at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Memorial Day. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: President Donald Trump looks on as the U.S. Navy choir sings during a ceremony in the amphitheatre at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Donald Trump lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: From left, President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and MG Trevor Bredenkamp, Commanding General of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the US Military District of Washington, look on after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Flag bearers stand at attention in the amphitheater at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Memorial Day. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: The Iwo Jima U.S. Marine Corps Memorial is seen at sunrise with the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and U.S. Capitol building behind it on the National Mall on Memorial Day. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Memorial Day: A rose left by a visitor leans against the names etched into the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Memorial Day: A man holds up a piece of paper against a name etched into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington to get a tracing on Memorial Day. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Memorial Day: A woman visits a grave at the Houston National Cemetery on Memorial Day. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Unused flags are returned to their storage box before Monday's Memorial Day ceremony in Westwood, California. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Members of the U.S. Army conduct an exercise demonstration during Memorial Day weekend in Miami. (Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform aerial maneuvers at the Four Leaf Federal Credit Union Air Show at Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York. (Newsday LLC/Newsday via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Military personnel parachute down to the beach at the Four Leaf Federal Credit Union Air Show at Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York. (Newsday LLC/Newsday via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Bikers ride during Rolling To Remember, a ride to raise awareness of mental health issues among veterans during Memorial Day weekend, in Washington, D.C. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
US-MILITARY-VETERANS-MEMORIAL DAY People wave flags as bikers ride in Washington, D.C., during Memorial Day weekend. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: People visit the Lincoln Memorial during Memorial Day weekend, in Washington, D.C. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: A visitor walks around the grounds at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. (Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Gr/Denver Post via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: A man touches names etched into the marble as he visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Memorial Day weekend, in Washington, D.C. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: People visit and pay their respects at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during Memorial Day weekend, in Washington, D.C. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Memorial Day: Rockefeller Center in New York City is adorned with American flags during Memorial Day weekend. (Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)