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The "Sally B" B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft flies overhead during the Memorial Day ceremony held at the Madingley American Cemetery near the city of Cambridge, England (ENG), in honor of the World War II fallen

The "Sally B" B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft flies overhead duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

A Marine Corps firing party takes part in a Memorial Day observance at the USS ARIZONA Memorial

A Marine Corps firing party takes part in a Memorial Day observance at...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Stephen B. Jones Release Stat... More

Alejandro D. Wolff, Charg d'Affaires of the American Embassy in France, lays a wreath at the tomb of France's unknown soldier on behalf of the American Overseas Memorial Day Association during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France

Alejandro D. Wolff, Charg d'Affaires of the American Embassy in France...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Paris Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Esperanza Berrios, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

British Bagpiper Gary Kernaghan plays during the Memorial Day ceremony held at the Madingley American Cemetery near the city of Cambridge, England (ENG)

British Bagpiper Gary Kernaghan plays during the Memorial Day ceremony...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cambridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst USAF Releas... More

President Barack H. Obama lays a wreath with the assistance

President Barack H. Obama lays a wreath with the assistance

President Barack H. Obama lays a wreath with the assistance of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tanner Welch, Sergeant of the Guard, Tomb of the Unknowns, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), during the Memorial... More

Gold Star pin. U.S. Army Reserve Command

Gold Star pin. U.S. Army Reserve Command

Gold Star pin photo illustration. (U.S. Army photo illustration by Timothy L. Hale/Released)

Service members, families pay tribute to fallen police officers

Service members, families pay tribute to fallen police officers

The Onslow County community gathered to honor fallen peace officers during the National Peace Officers Memorial Day Observance in Jacksonville, May 13. Families of the fallen attended to pay tribute to their fa... More

Original members of the Tuskegee Airmen will be honored

Original members of the Tuskegee Airmen will be honored

Original members of the Tuskegee Airmen will be honored during Memorial Day observances May 27, at the Marietta National Cemetery.

Service dogs in training with Seeing Eye Puppy Raising

Service dogs in training with Seeing Eye Puppy Raising

Service dogs in training with Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program took a tour with their trainers aboard the USS Arlington (LPD 24) during Fleet Week New York, May 24, 2018. Fleet Week NYC is an opportunity for th... More

Navy Personnel Command Force Master Chief Scott Rossiter

Navy Personnel Command Force Master Chief Scott Rossiter

Navy Personnel Command Force Master Chief Scott Rossiter places a flag at the headstone of a veteran. Ahead of Memorial Day, personnel from Naval Support Activity Mid-South placed flags at the West Tennessee Ve... More

President Donald Trump speaks during a Memorial Day

President Donald Trump speaks during a Memorial Day

President Donald Trump speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)

A wreath floats on the water in remembrance of all

A wreath floats on the water in remembrance of all

A wreath floats on the water in remembrance of all those who have given their lives for their country, during the Intrepid Memorial Day Commemoration at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York on May... More

President Donald J. Trump, places a wreath at the Tomb

President Donald J. Trump, places a wreath at the Tomb

President Donald J. Trump, places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as part of the 150th annual Department of Defense (DoD) National Memorial Day Observance hosted by the Secretary of Defense at Arlin... More

Gen. Keith Alexander delivers the keynote address during

Gen. Keith Alexander delivers the keynote address during

Gen. Keith Alexander delivers the keynote address during the 25th annual massing of the colors at Fort Meade, Md. Military and veterans organizations participate in the massing of the colors at the Fort Meade P... More

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier,

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier,

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier, with the 39th Rescue Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida dons his saftey equipment aboard an HC-130- P/N “King” on May 25th, 2018, at M... More

A military honor guard leads the procession in the

A military honor guard leads the procession in the

A military honor guard leads the procession in the 145th Kings County Memorial Day parade in Brooklyn during Fleet Week New York 2012. Fleet Week New York 2012 marks the 25th year the city has celebrated the na... More

President Donald J. Trump delivers the Memorial Day

President Donald J. Trump delivers the Memorial Day

President Donald J. Trump delivers the Memorial Day address during the 150th annual Department of Defense (DoD) National Memorial Day Observance hosted by the Secretary of Defense at Arlington National Cemetery... More

In Memoriam - Political cartoon, public domain image

In Memoriam - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "In Memoriam", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 31, 1915, shows Lady Liberty celebrating Memorial Day as she places a palm branch... More

John F. Kennedy, Jr. Plays with Hat in White House

John F. Kennedy, Jr. Plays with Hat in White House

In this photograph, John F. Kennedy, Jr. tries on Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard’s hat, before leaving the White House for Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. Also pict... More

An honor guard assists President Ronald Reagan during a Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery

An honor guard assists President Ronald Reagan during a Memorial Day w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Two visitors place flowers on a grave at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, in observance of Memorial Day. A flag and a flower lei have been placed on each grave in the cemetery by area Boy Scouts.

Two visitors place flowers on a grave at the National Memorial Cemeter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: OS2 John Bouvia Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Close-up shot of an American flag

Close-up shot of an American flag

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF Release Statu... More

Coca Cola 600 Salute to Troops

Coca Cola 600 Salute to Troops

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson warms up for the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. May 25, 2019. Larson will be driving in honor of Marine Sgt. Jeanette Lee Winters, who died on active duty, and... More

Airmen of the 102nd Intelligence Wing Honor Guard posted

Airmen of the 102nd Intelligence Wing Honor Guard posted

Airmen of the 102nd Intelligence Wing Honor Guard posted the colors at the Division 1, NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship, held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Memorial Day, May 28, 2018.

A man shouts into a megaphone to pump up the crowd

A man shouts into a megaphone to pump up the crowd

A man shouts into a megaphone to pump up the crowd along Constitution Avenue during the 2016 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., May 30. Approximately a hundred U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers marched ... More

Over Memorial Day Weekend, family members visit gravesites

Over Memorial Day Weekend, family members visit gravesites

Over Memorial Day Weekend, family members visit gravesites of loved ones in Section 64 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 24, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington Nationa... More

Lt. Col. Jared Corsi, deputy garrison commander, presents

Lt. Col. Jared Corsi, deputy garrison commander, presents

Lt. Col. Jared Corsi, deputy garrison commander, presents an appreciation plaque to Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Robert Pleczkowki, deputy chief of chaplains at the U.S. Army Reserve Office of the Chief of Chaplains i... More

Flags adorn gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery

Flags adorn gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery

Flags adorn gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery during the annual Flags In event May 22, 2014. Since 1948, Soldiers from The Old Guard place American flags at some 275,000 gravesites in the cemetery. (Pho... More

PEO IEW&S Member Rides on Memorial Day in support of Soldier’s families

PEO IEW&S Member Rides on Memorial Day in support of Soldier’s familie...

Thousands gather in Washington, D.C., in an event organized by Rolling Thunder, that honors Prisoners of War, and those Missing In Action. A member of Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare &... More

Gravestones at the National Cemetery of the Pacific

Gravestones at the National Cemetery of the Pacific

Gravestones at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl are decorated with American flags and Hawaiian lei during the Mayor's Memorial Day ceremony at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl.... More

FaceBook Memorial Day highlighted image Remembering

FaceBook Memorial Day highlighted image Remembering

FaceBook Memorial Day highlighted image Remembering the Fallen.

Members of the Baltimore County Police Department conduct

Members of the Baltimore County Police Department conduct

Members of the Baltimore County Police Department conduct a three volley salute during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Korean War Memorial May 27, 2013, in Baltimore, Md. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Carol McCl... More

A veteran salutes the posting of Colors during Memorial

A veteran salutes the posting of Colors during Memorial

A veteran salutes the posting of Colors during Memorial Day ceremonies at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon, May 27, 2019. (National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brandon Boyd, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Wreaths adorn the Cornerstone of Peace memorial wall

Wreaths adorn the Cornerstone of Peace memorial wall

Wreaths adorn the Cornerstone of Peace memorial wall during the Okinawa Memorial Day services at Peace Memorial Park, Itoman, Japan, June 23, 2019. The memorial walls are inscribed with over 240,000 names of li... More

Audrey Hsieh visits the gravesite of U.S. Marine Corps

Audrey Hsieh visits the gravesite of U.S. Marine Corps

Audrey Hsieh visits the gravesite of U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr. in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day, May 30, 2016, in Arlington, Va. Hsieh was a T.A.P.S. mentor to ... More

A formation of vintage aircraft performs a flyover

A formation of vintage aircraft performs a flyover

A formation of vintage aircraft performs a flyover during the Memorial Day ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery in Madingley, England, May 27, 2019. The formation consisted of a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, a... More

Photograph of Log Float in the Memorial Day Parade in Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Photograph of Log Float in the Memorial Day Parade in Rhinelander, Wis...

Original caption: Log -- series of floats to impress on public, care with matches. Memorial Day Parade, 1937. Rhinelander, Wis. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Sailors Paying Tribute to Casualties of the Pearl Harbor Attack at a Hawaiian Islands Cemetery

Photograph of Sailors Paying Tribute to Casualties of the Pearl Harbor...

Original caption: Sailors pay tribute to casualties of the Pearl Harbor attack at a Hawaiian Islands cemetery, circa Spring 1942, possibly Memorial Day. ... More

President Reagan Speaking During a Memorial Day Service in Honor of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery

President Reagan Speaking During a Memorial Day Service in Honor of Me...

Reagan White House Photographs Public domain photograph of US government, White House, Office of President of the United States of America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Attendants of the Madingley Memorial Day Commemorative Service pay their respect to one of the nearly 4,000 headstones. The ceremony was held at Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Attendants of the Madingley Memorial Day Commemorative Service pay the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joanna E. Reihle, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

Dr. George Durrick, directs the Tinker Elementary School Choir, through a chorus, of "On This Day," a Charles Strouse composed, White House Commission on Remembrance endorsed, song, dedicated to honor the more than one million Americans who died in service to our country, during the Memorial Day observance at Memorial Park, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida

Dr. George Durrick, directs the Tinker Elementary School Choir, throug...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kenneth Bellard, USAF Release Sta... More

US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle fighters flown by the 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England (ENG), fly over in the Missing Man formation during the Memorial Day ceremony held at the Madingley American Cemetery near the city of Cambridge, England (ENG)

US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle fighters flown by the 494th Fig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

Anniston Army Depot held a small Memorial Day ceremony

Anniston Army Depot held a small Memorial Day ceremony

Anniston Army Depot held a small Memorial Day ceremony May 20, placing flags on the headstones at the Fort McClellan Military Cemetery. Participating in the event were three ANAD employees, ANAD Commander Col. ... More

Arlington National Cemetery during Memorial Day 2020

Arlington National Cemetery during Memorial Day 2020

Arlington National Cemetery during Memorial Day 2020 prior to 152nd National Memorial Day Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath Ceremony to honor America’s fallen military service members. (DoD photo by ... More

Vermont Governor Phil Scott, speaks during a Memorial

Vermont Governor Phil Scott, speaks during a Memorial

Vermont Governor Phil Scott, speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony at Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vt., May 24, 2018. This ceremony gave Soldiers, Airmen, and family members an opportunity to honor those who have ... More

(FORT BENNING, Ga.) - Soldiers and civilians attend

(FORT BENNING, Ga.) - Soldiers and civilians attend

(FORT BENNING, Ga.) - Soldiers and civilians attend the Memorial Day Ceremony on May 29, 2017 at the Fort Benning Cemetery. (Photo by Patrick A. Albright / MCoE PAO Photographer)

Georgia Army National Guardsmen of the Marietta-based

Georgia Army National Guardsmen of the Marietta-based

Georgia Army National Guardsmen of the Marietta-based 78th Aviation Troop Command conducts a Memorial Day flyover Lake Allatoona and Georgia National Cemetery to honor fallen heroes and those on the frontline b... More

KANEOHE — Hawaii Gov. David Ige gives a speech during

KANEOHE — Hawaii Gov. David Ige gives a speech during

KANEOHE — Hawaii Gov. David Ige gives a speech during the 2018 Governor’s Memorial Day Ceremony at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, May 28, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Kristen Wong, Oahu Publications)

Kellie Pickler, country music singer, performs a song

Kellie Pickler, country music singer, performs a song

Kellie Pickler, country music singer, performs a song for soldiers of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and other personnel at Camp Deh Dadi II, Afghanistan, May 29, 2012. Pickler visited soldiers of the 37... More

Photograph of Fire Protection Float in the Memorial Day Parade in Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Photograph of Fire Protection Float in the Memorial Day Parade in Rhin...

Original caption: Fire Protection Float Memorial Day parade, 1937. Rhinelander, Wis. Historic Photographs

President Harry S. Truman Speaking at Memorial Day Services

President Harry S. Truman Speaking at Memorial Day Services

Caption: President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaking at the Amphitheatre of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. All others are unidentified. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Pe... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and invited guests display a large American flag during the playing of taps on the deck of the museum and display ship USS INTREPID (CV 11) during a Memorial Day Commemoration for Fleet Week New York 2006. Fleet week includes dozens of military demonstrations and displays throughout the week, as well as public visitation to many of the participating ships

US Navy (USN) Sailors, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and invited gues...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Intrepid (CV 11) Scene Major Command Shown: FLEET WEEK NEW YORK CITY 2006 Scene Camera Operator: JO2 David P. Coleman, USN Release Status: Re... More

Military veterans salute the flag during an annual

Military veterans salute the flag during an annual

Military veterans salute the flag during an annual Memorial Day Ceremony held at Beaufort Memorial Cemetery, May 18. The ceremony included speeches from leaders of the Tri-Command and presentations from veterans.

Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen serve meals to

Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen serve meals to

Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen serve meals to seniors during a lunch service at a Carter Burden Network senior center as part of Fleet Week New York, May 25, 2017. The service members prepared and served... More

American flags stand in front of headstones in Arlington

American flags stand in front of headstones in Arlington

American flags stand in front of headstones in Arlington National Cemetery during Flags-In, May 26, 2016, in Arlington, Va. Members of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place an American flag at eac... More

Memorial Day, 1923 - Political cartoon, public domain image

Memorial Day, 1923 - Political cartoon, public domain image

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flags fly on each grave and along the roads leading through the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, to mark Memorial Day

Flags fly on each grave and along the roads leading through the Nation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Stephen B. Jones Release Status: Released to Pub... More

French Armed Forces, armed with FAMAS F1 assault rifles, await for the opening of the Memorial Day ceremony at the LaFayette Escadrille Monument in Paris, France

French Armed Forces, armed with FAMAS F1 assault rifles, await for the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Paris Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Esperanza Berrios, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), Fire Department, march carrying their fire helmets, during a Memorial Day Parade at Camp Justice, Oman, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Gro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Marvin Preston, USAF Release St... More

Seaside Heights, N.J., March 14, 2013 -- Workers continue to clear debris and repairs buildings on the Seaside Heights boardwalk as part of the recovery and rebuilding process after Hurricane Sandy. Much of the debris has been cleared from the beaches and the boardwalk is being rebuilt in time for Memorial Day. Rosanna Arias/FEMA

Seaside Heights, N.J., March 14, 2013 -- Workers continue to clear deb...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Rosanna Arias City/State: Seaside Heights, NJ Keywords: Recovery ^ hurricane sandy ^ GEOGRAPHY U.S. new jer... More

Remembering a friend, US Army Photo

Remembering a friend, US Army Photo

U.S. Army Sgt. Monique Hoover, a supply sergeant for the 3rd Brigade Support Battalion with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team of the famous 3rd Infantry Division, reflects while training in the field at the H... More

150525-N-GI544-052 HONOLULU (May 25, 2015) Service

150525-N-GI544-052 HONOLULU (May 25, 2015) Service

150525-N-GI544-052 HONOLULU (May 25, 2015) Service members, veterans and Hawaiian residents participate in the 66th Mayor's Memorial Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. T... More

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Gregory Walker, 3rd Infantry Division

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Gregory Walker, 3rd Infantry Division

Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Gregory Walker, 3rd Infantry Division and Regional Command-South division chaplain, speaks during the dedication ceremony for Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz, Forward Operating Base Walton, Kand... More

DLIFLC commandant, Col. Phil Deppert and Garrison commander,

DLIFLC commandant, Col. Phil Deppert and Garrison commander,

DLIFLC commandant, Col. Phil Deppert and Garrison commander, Col. Lawrence Brown, along with several volunteers came to the Presidio of Monterey Cemetery to place American flags at each of the headstones in hon... More

180528-N-NP779-0020 SEATTLE (May 28, 2018) Nisei

180528-N-NP779-0020 SEATTLE (May 28, 2018) Nisei

180528-N-NP779-0020 SEATTLE (May 28, 2018) Nisei (Japanese-American) Veteran’s salute the American Flag during the Nisei Veterans Committee’s 73rd Annual Memorial Day service at Lake View Cemetery. Recognized o... More

Family members visit gravesites of their loved ones

Family members visit gravesites of their loved ones

Family members visit gravesites of their loved ones on Memorial Day in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 25, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cem... More

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery lays on the historic

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery lays on the historic

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery lays on the historic battlefield of Belleau Wood and consists of 2,289 epitaphs of the fallen from one of the fiercest battles of the First World War. To celebrate Memorial Day, an... More

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at a Memorial

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at a Memorial

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at a Memorial Day service hosted by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. On May 25, 2020, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) hosted a Memorial Day commemoration ceremony... More

CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Coast Guard recruits and personnel

CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Coast Guard recruits and personnel

CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Coast Guard recruits and personnel from Training Center Cape May hold a Memorial Day ceremony in front of the the Coast Guard’s only all inclusive memorial dedicated to the men and women who h... More

The Scroll of Honor in Clemson University’s Memorial

The Scroll of Honor in Clemson University’s Memorial

The Scroll of Honor in Clemson University’s Memorial Park adorned with American flags for Memorial Day, May 22, 2020. (Photo by Ken Scar)

First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump attends

First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump attends

First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump attends 152nd National Memorial Day Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath Ceremony to honor America’s fallen military service members, May 25, 2020 at Arling... More

The U.S. Flag waves in the sky during a Veterans Day

The U.S. Flag waves in the sky during a Veterans Day

The U.S. Flag waves in the sky during a Veterans Day memorial event located at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, England on November 12, 2018. The ceremony marked 100 years since the first Armistice... More

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Madison, Tenn. , May 29, 2010 -- Gary Lima, TEMA Community Relations Coordinator, leads Boy Scout troop #460 in a Memorial Day project to place flags on graves in the Nashville National Memorial Cemetery.  Gary's work as a Scout Master and State Community Relations Coordinator illuminates his service to the people of Tennessee.  David Fine/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Madison, Tenn. , May 29, 2010 -- Gary Lima, ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Boy Scouts Place Flags at Nashville National Memorial Cemetery Production Date: 05/29/2010 Caption: Madison, Tenn. , May 29, 2010 -- Gary Lima, TEMA Community ... More

President Herbert Hoover Makes Memorial Day Address at Valley Forge

President Herbert Hoover Makes Memorial Day Address at Valley Forge

Photographs of People, Places and Events Public domain photograph of US government agency official, meeting, event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Ronald Reagan stands at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery

President Ronald Reagan stands at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

The "Sally B" B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft is escorted overhead by Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfires during the Memorial Day ceremony held at the Madingley American Cemetery near the city of Cambridge, England (ENG)

The "Sally B" B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft is escorted overhea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend entails grilling

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend entails grilling

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend entails grilling out, having beach parties and beginning the summer vacation season, but for many it is a seldom reminder of the sacrifices of the men and women that hav... More

Members of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division

Members of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division

Members of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division stand by for orders during the 2018 Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May... More

Lt. Col. Jared Corsi, deputy garrison commander, presents

Lt. Col. Jared Corsi, deputy garrison commander, presents

Lt. Col. Jared Corsi, deputy garrison commander, presents an appreciation plaque to Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Robert Pleczkowki, deputy chief of chaplains at the U.S. Army Reserve Office of the Chief of Chaplains i... More

An overall view of aircraft on display during a Memorial Day open house

An overall view of aircraft on display during a Memorial Day open hous...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bitburg Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Tibor S. Warganich Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

A small American flag and flowers stand at the American cemetery on Memorial Day

A small American flag and flowers stand at the American cemetery on Me...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Donald L. Wetterman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The flag of the United States of American

The flag of the United States of American

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew prepares to take off for an Honor Flight over Miami, Florida, May 23, 2020. The Honor Flight celebrates first responders and medical staff worki... More

Memorial Day illustration depicting a battlefield cross

Memorial Day illustration depicting a battlefield cross

Memorial Day illustration depicting a battlefield cross with a Korean War era pilot helmet. Watercolor and Photoshop.

Some of the 58,307 names etched into "The Wall" of

Some of the 58,307 names etched into "The Wall" of

Some of the 58,307 names etched into "The Wall" of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. seem to disappear into a vanishing point looking toward the Washington Monument as the sun rises July 22, 201... More

Vermont Governor Phil Scott addresses Gold Star Families

Vermont Governor Phil Scott addresses Gold Star Families

Vermont Governor Phil Scott addresses Gold Star Families and Soldiers and Airmen of the Vermont National Guard, during a Memorial Day ceremony on Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vt., May 23, 2019. This ceremony gave ... More

Members of the Stroller Warriors wait at the starting

Members of the Stroller Warriors wait at the starting

Members of the Stroller Warriors wait at the starting point of the Laguna Hills Memorial Day Half Marathon in Laguna Hills, Calif., May 28. The women of the club are all wives of active duty Marines and meet we... More

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier

Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant Raphael Tavernier with the 39th Rescue Squadron out of Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Florida, walks away from an HC-130- P/N “King” on May 25th, 2018, at Miami, after a... More

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Madison, Tenn. , May 29, 2010 -- Gary Lima, TEMA Community Relations Coordinator, leads Boy Scout troop #460 in a Memorial Day project to place flags on graves in the Nashville National Memorial Cemetery.  Gary's work as a Scout Master and State Community Relations Coordinator illuminates his service to the people of Tennessee.  David Fine/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Madison, Tenn. , May 29, 2010 -- Gary Lima, ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Boy Scouts Place Flags at Nashville National Memorial Cemetery Production Date: 05/29/2010 Caption: Madison, Tenn. , May 29, 2010 -- Gary Lima, TEMA Community ... More

The fully operational World War II (WWII) Victory Ship SS LANE VICTORY pulls into San Diego for Memorial Day weekend. The supply/troop transport vessel served with distinction and valor in the later part of WWII, Korea (Chosen Reservoir Operation) and Vietnam wars. VICTORY, built in Los Angeles in 1944, returned home after 44 years and now serves as a Maritime museum. Named after Isaac Lane, a black man who rose from slavery to become a Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church and founded Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee (TN) in 1882. His granddaughter christened the ship in 1945. Berthed in the background is the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

The fully operational World War II (WWII) Victory Ship SS LANE VICTORY...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Fletcher, CIV, Usn Release Status: Released ... More

Members of a joint services honor guard stand by as members of a joint services casket team place the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era on a catafalque in the Capitol rotunda. President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, VIPs, Vietnam veterans and other guests are attending the ceremony. The Unknown will lie in state in the rotunda until Memorial Day

Members of a joint services honor guard stand by as members of a joint...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert D. Ward Release Status: Releas... More

A hearse carrying the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era leaves the flight line. The Unknown will be taken to the Capitol, where he will lie in state until Memorial Day, followed by a state funeral and interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Memorial Cemetery

A hearse carrying the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Firanack Release Status: Released... More

Artwork: "Planting of 20,000 Flags on Memorial Day". Artist: Ellen White, Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 1976. Catalog Number: P.23.37.76

Artwork: "Planting of 20,000 Flags on Memorial Day". Artist: Ellen Whi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A restored B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft nicknamed "Sally B" flies overhead at the conclusion to the Memorial Day Services at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (UK)

A restored B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft nicknamed "Sally B" flies ove...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cambridge American Cemetery State: Cambridgeshire Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Will... More

Ronnie Moore, retired U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, touches

Ronnie Moore, retired U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, touches

Ronnie Moore, retired U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, touches the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall as he prays for those who lost their lives during the Vietnam War, Sumter S.C., May 24, 2013. The traveling memorial... More

A U.S. Joint Service Color Guard presents the colors

A U.S. Joint Service Color Guard presents the colors

A U.S. Joint Service Color Guard presents the colors during a Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Hampton National Cemetery in Hampton, Va., May 29, 2017. In addition to ceremonial wreaths placed for eac... More

Memorial Day Graphic, US Marine Corps Photo

Memorial Day Graphic, US Marine Corps Photo

This graphic was designed to honor the the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. This graphic was created at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 27, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic illustration by Lan... More

Honoring our nation’s fallen military heroes, soldiers

Honoring our nation’s fallen military heroes, soldiers

Honoring our nation’s fallen military heroes, soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) pay their respects as they perform “Flags-In” mission at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. With mo... More

Layout and design graphic honoring Memorial Day. (U.S.

Layout and design graphic honoring Memorial Day. (U.S.

Layout and design graphic honoring Memorial Day. (U.S. Navy graphic by Taylor Curry)

Members from all five branches of the military hold

Members from all five branches of the military hold

Members from all five branches of the military hold a large American flag during a Memorial Day ceremony on Pier 86 in New York City, May 28, 2018. The flag was presented at the end of the event and the ceremon... More

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