Memorial Day 2013

Deiniah Stewart Deiniah Stewart places a rose at the grave site of a loved one in Section 60 on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Matthew McGinley Matthew McGinley, 2, of Philadelphia, Pa., runs on at the Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, N.J., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013, as his family visits the gravesite of his great-grandfather, a World War I veteran. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Matthew McGinley, Kathaleen McGinley Kathaleen McGinley talks to her son, Matthew McGinley, 2, of Philadelphia, Pa., at the Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, N.J., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013, as the family visits the gravesite of Matthew's great-grandfather, a World War I veteran. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Obama Memorial Day Members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard," salute as President Barack Obama's motorcade prepares to depart the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama Memorial Day An honor guard presents the colors ahead of President Barack Obama delivering his Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
President Barack Obama President Barack Obama greets visitors of Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle greets visitors of Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Barack Obama President Barack Obama, right, arrives to participate in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama President Barack Obama right, and first lady Michelle Obama greet visitors to Section 60 on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried in Section 60.(AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Adam Caroll, Maria Thomas, Craig Thomas U.S. Marine Corps, 2nd Lt. Adam Carroll, right, with Maria Thomas, left, and Craig Thomas, center, salute and hold hands to their hearts during the playing of the National Anthem at the Memorial Day Observance in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama President Barack Obama speaks to a visitor in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama President Barack Obama greets visitors in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.,on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Barack Obama Two young boys peer around adults to get a better view of President Barack Obama, right, at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day Monday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Barack Obama, President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Barack Obama, Michael S. Linnington President Barack Obama, far left, participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns with Maj. Gen. Michael S. Linnington, Commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Memorial Day Seamen from the Navy Operational Support Center of New York City present flags during a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Daniel Odoi Seaman Daniel Odoi of the Navy Operational Support Center of New York City presents the American flag during a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Barack Obama, President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery during Memorial Day Observance, Sunday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Michelle Obama First lady Michelle Obama, right, waves as she arrives to take her seat for the Memorial Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama Memorial Day President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery during Memorial Day Observance, Sunday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va, (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Memorial Day Seamen from the Navy Operational Support Center of New York City march through a crowd of spectators after a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Mark Jones Navy Petty Officer Mark Jones of the Navy Operational Support Center of New York City rolls the American flag after a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Memorial Day A young spectator shields her eyes from the sun with an American flag during a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Obama Memorial Day An Army officer walks up the steps of the Ampitheater where President Barack Obama will delivers his Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Obama Arlington National Cemetery is ready for President Barack Obama's Memorial Day address in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Travis Hassell, Francis Slate Marine Staff Sgt. Travis Hassell, center, and his son Issac show off Francis Slate's, left, Honorable Discharge Card from the U.S. Army Dec. 3, 1945, as they wait for President Barack Obama to deliver his Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Obama Memorial Day President Barack Obama, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, stand at attention as Taps are played following Obama's Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Barack Obama, President Barack Obama participates in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Barack Obama, Linnington President Barack Obama, center, participates in the wreathlaying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns with Maj. Gen. Michael S. Linnington, left, Commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama Memorial Day President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, looks on as they wait to deliver their Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Obama Memorial Day U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, applaud as President Barack Obama delivers his Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Travis Hassell, Francis Slate Marine Staff Sgt. Travis Hassell, center, and his son Issac show off Francis Slate's, left, Honorable Discharge Card from the U.S. Army Dec. 3, 1945, as they wait for President Barack Obama to deliver his Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Obama Arlington National Cemetery is ready for President Barack Obama's Memorial Day address in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Obama Memorial Day An Army officer walks up the steps of the Ampitheater where President Barack Obama will delivers his Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Philippines Memorial Day A Filipino trooper looks at walls inscribed with names of fallen U.S. soliders during Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, May 26, 2013. The cemetery contains the largest number of American soldiers who lost their lives in World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippines Memorial Day A Filipino man walks past rows of tombstones during Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 26, 2013. The cemetery site contains the largest number of U.S. military dead of World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippines Memorial Day An American girl arranges a bouquet of flowers as she waits for her turn during Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, May 26, 2013. The cemetery contains the largest number of American soldiers who lost their lives in World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippines Memorial Day Flags of the U.S. and the Philippines are paraded during a ceremony in observance of Memorial Day at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 26, 2013. The cemetery site contains the largest number of U.S. military dead of World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippines Memorial Day An American woman places her camera on top of a tombstone as they take pictures after attending Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 26, 2013. The cemetery site contains the largest number of U.S. military dead of World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Memorial Day Preperations Flags are placed in the Alabama National Cemetery, Saturday, May 25, 2013 in Montevallo, Ala. Groups ranging from Boy Scouts to the Blue Star Salute Foundation placed about 2100 flags in a little over an hour at the cemetery that will host a Memorial Day program at 9 a.m. Monday morning. MAGS OUT(AP Photo/AL.com, Frank Couch)
Philippines Memorial Day U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas, second from left, stands beside Philippine military chief Lt. Gen. Emmanuel T. Bautista, left, during wreath-laying ceremonies at Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 26, 2013. The cemetery site contains the largest number of U.S. military dead of World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippines Memorial Day U.S. veteran Richard Moran and wife Carolina from Conn. walk past tombstones of fallen U.S. military on their way to attending Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 26, 2013. The cemetery site contains the largest number of U.S. military dead of World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
APTOPIX Memorial Day Ryan Neal, wife Desiree and daughter Sophia pay a visit to deceased Korean War Purple Heart decorated Army Sgt. Lyle Johnson, who passed away in 2011, during the Memorial Day Service at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. Desiree described her grandfather as a man who loved kids and spent a year and a half in a Denver hospital recovering from machine gun wounds. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Philippines Memorial Day U.S. veterans salute during Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 26, 2013. The cemetery site contains the largest number of U.S. military dead of World War II. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Rolling Thunder Motorcycles drive over the Memorial Bridge during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder Motorcyclists ride across the Memorial Bridge into Washington as Jen Caryl, right, and her mother Connie of Dale City, Va., hold appreciative signs Sunday, May 26, 2013, during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Monday's Memorial Day celebration. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder Ken Caryl of Dale City, Va. salutes the motorcyclists, many of them are veterans, as they ride across the Memorial Bridge into Washington Sunday, May 26, 2013, during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Monday's Memorial Day celebration. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder Police officers lead the way for the motorcyclists, many of whom are veterans, across the Memorial Bridge into Washington during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade Sunday, May 26, 2013, ahead of Memorial Day celebration in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Memorial Day Allan Graves looks around Wisconsin Memorial Park Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Brookfield, Wis. The cemetery puts up hundreds of flags in honor of Memorial Day. Graves' mother and brother are buried there. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Alice Lovejoy In this undated photo provided by The American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport, Women Air Service Pilot Alice LoveJoy is shown. On Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013, The American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport, in Farmingdale, N.Y., will host a service in Lovejoy's memory. Lovejoy, who was killed in a mid-air collision over Texas in 1944, was one of 38 Women's Air Service Pilots who died in service to their country during World War II. (AP Photo/The American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport)
Rolling Thunder Motorcycles ride near the Lincoln Memorial during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder Motorcycles, many of whom are veterans, ride across the Memorial Bridge during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder A veteran watches motorcycles, many of whom are veterans, ride by during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A visitor points to the name of one who died during the Vietnam War, inscribed on the marble wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day celebrations in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder Motorcycle riders participate in the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder Motorcyclists ride across Memorial Bridge into Washington during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder Motorcycles drive past the Lincoln Memorial as Colin Morris, of the US Army, salutes during the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Rolling Thunder A motorcycle participates in the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A visitor looks at items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A veteran looks at the names of those who died etched into the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A veteran looks for a name on the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Items are placed at the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A rose is placed at the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A veteran takes photographs of the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A veteran looks at the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Memorial Day Rows of U.S. flags frame the moon above the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Wrightstown, N.J., Sunday, May 26, 2013. On Friday, Boy Scouts placed thousands of flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Memorial Day Bob Lewis looks over a field of crosses with names while participating in the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. Lewis made the crosses, 137, for all the service members from College Point that were killed from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Lilly Shirin, 8, takes pictures during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade A float passes by during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade A fife and drum band participates in the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Sisters Lucia, 6, right, and Adriana, 2, DiPiano watch as a fife and drum band pass by during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Carol Brandt, 3, right, talks with her father Matthew Brandt arms during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Joe Schulmann pauses in prayer over a cross bearing the name of his neighbor, Michael Wick, who was killed during the Vietnam War, at the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Jenny Chen, top, helps her daughter Hope Chen, 3, retrieve an American flag during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Celebrations A boy rides his bike past crosses that bear the names of College Point veterans during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Manatee In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau a Florida Keys manatee mailbox in Islamorada, Fla., is decorated in red, white and blue Sunday, May 26, 2013, to honor Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
Memorial Day Parade Faith Roesch, 6, participates in the the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Celebrations Jane Wick, left, and Mary Ann Chubirka wave flags while watching the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Bystanders watch the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Chief Petty Officer Howard Warnberg of Little Falls has his picture taken by a 8 by 10 foot painting by artist Charles Kapsner depicting local Navy servicemen, at the Memorial Day Service at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Memorial Day Korean War veteran Bob Pellow, 84, bears a flag as strong winds preside over Memorial Day at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Memorial Day Korean War veteran Bob Pellow, 84, a flag bearer, puts his hat back on after strong winds knocked it off during Memorial Day ceremonies at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Memorial Day Ryan Neal, wife Desiree and daughter Sophia pay a visit to deceased Korean War Purple Heart decorated Army Sgt. Lyle Johnson, who passed away in 2011, during the Memorial Day Service at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. Desiree described her grandfather as a man who loved kids and spent a year and a half in a Denver hospital recovering from machine gun wounds. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
APTOPIX Memorial Day Bob Lewis looks over a field of crosses with names while participating in the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. Lewis made the crosses, 137, for all the service members from College Point that were killed from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial A veteran looks for a name on the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Items are placed at the wall of the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Memorial Day Rows of U.S. flags frame the moon above the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Wrightstown, N.J., Sunday, May 26, 2013. On Friday, Boy Scouts placed thousands of flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Memorial Day Parade Sisters Lucia, 6, right, and Adriana, 2, DiPiano watch as a fife and drum band pass by during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Carol Brandt, 3, right, talks with her father Matthew Brandt arms during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Jenny Chen, top, helps her daughter Hope Chen, 3, retrieve an American flag during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Celebrations A boy rides his bike past crosses that bear the names of College Point veterans during the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Parade Faith Roesch, 6, participates in the the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Celebrations Jane Wick, left, and Mary Ann Chubirka wave flags while watching the College Point Memorial Day Parade in New York, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Memorial Day Chief Petty Officer Howard Warnberg of Little Falls has his picture taken by a 8 by 10 foot painting by artist Charles Kapsner depicting local Navy servicemen, at the Memorial Day Service at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Memorial Day Korean War veteran Bob Pellow, 84, bears a flag as strong winds preside over Memorial Day at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Memorial Day Korean War veteran Bob Pellow, 84, a flag bearer, puts his hat back on after strong winds knocked it off during Memorial Day ceremonies at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Memorial Day Ryan Neal, wife Desiree and daughter Sophia pay a visit to deceased Korean War Purple Heart decorated Army Sgt. Lyle Johnson, who passed away in 2011, during the Memorial Day Service at the State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, Minn., Sunday, May 26, 2013. Desiree described her grandfather as a man who loved kids and spent a year and a half in a Denver hospital recovering from machine gun wounds. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)
Nancy Waring Nancy Waring, of Cumming, Ga., touches the headstone of her son, U.S. Army and Coast Guard veteran Lt. Brian Scott Waring, as she visits Georgia National Cemetery before the Memorial Day holiday, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Canton, Ga. Waring also visited the grave of her husband, U.S. Army Vietnam veteran 1st Lt. Gerald Paul Waring, who died less than a year after the death of her son. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Corey Allen Little A photo of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Corey Allen Little leans against his tombstone as volunteers place American flags at the graves of military service members at Georgia National Cemetery before the Memorial Day holiday, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Canton, Ga. Little, 25, who was expecting his first child, was one of seven Marines who died in a helicopter crash Feb. 22, 2012, while training for a deployment to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Josh Thomson Josh Thomson, of Florence, Ala., holds the dog tags of his friend U.S Army Ranger Cpl. Andrew Forest Chris, who was killed at the age of 27 while on deployment in Iraq in 2003, as he attends a Memorial Day ceremony at the Georgia National Cemetery, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Canton, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Jackie Powell, Logan Schell Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jackie Powell, left, of Canton, Ga., gives some instruction on saluting to Boy Scout Logan Schell, 12, of Cumming, Ga., as they place flags at the graves of military service members ahead of the Memorial Day holiday at Georgia National Cemetery, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Canton, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Memorial Day Diana Doyle places American flags on the gravestones of United States veterans at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Athens, Ga. MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT.(AP Photo/The Banner-Herald, Richard Hamm)
Belgium American WWII Memorial A woman kisses her daughter as she walks between the graves at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial during the annual memorial day ceremony, in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium on Saturday May. 25, 2013. At the cemetery, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 U.S. military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Belgium American WWII Memorial A boy holds the U.S flag as he sits in front of Belgian WWII veterans at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial during the annual memorial day ceremony, in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium on Saturday May. 25, 2013. At the cemetery, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 U.S. military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany. The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it holds fallen Americans of two major efforts, one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg into Germany, and the second covering the Battle of the Bulge. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Memorial Day Stacy Barber, center, helps his children, Austin Barber, right, and Ashlyn Barber place American flags on the gravestones of veterans at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Athens, Ga. MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT.(AP Photo/The Banner-Herald, Richard Hamm)
Memorial Day Johnny Johnson places American flags on the gravestones of veterans at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Athens, Ga. MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT.(AP Photo/The Banner-Herald, Richard Hamm)
Memorial Day Austin Barber, 2, helps his father, Stacy Barber, place American flags on the gravestones of veterans at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Athens, Ga. MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT.(AP Photo/The Banner-Herald, Richard Hamm)
Memorial Day Diana Doyle places American flags on the gravestones of veterans at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Athens, Ga. MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT.(AP Photo/The Banner-Herald, Richard Hamm)
Memorial Day Boy Scout Daniel Perez, 11, of New York, places American Flags on graves at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed the memorial flags on grave-sites for veterans of the Civil War, American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars in honor of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Memorial Day Volunteer Lewis Carlos Varon, of New York, pauses after saluting to a gravestone after adjusting the American Flag on the marker, one of many placed on graves at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed the memorial flags on grave-sites for veterans of the Civil War, American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars to honor them for the Memorial Day holiday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Memorial Day Jabari Nedd, 9, of New York, walks with American Flags he and other volunteers were placing on graves at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed the memorial flags on grave-sites for veterans of the Civil War, American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars to honor them for the Memorial Day holiday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Memorial Day Boy Scout Daniel Perez, 11, of New York, places an American Flag on a grave at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed the memorial flags on grave-sites for veterans of the Civil War, American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars in honor of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Memorial Day Boy Scout Leader Donald Bailey, of New York, who has been placing flags for 18 years, checks the condition of American Flags on graves at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed the memorial flags on grave-sites for veterans of the Civil War, American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars to honor them for the Memorial Day holiday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Memorial Day Volunteers walks with American Flags to be placed on graves at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Members of the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other volunteers placed the memorial flags on grave-sites for veterans of the Civil War, American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars to honor them for the Memorial Day holiday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Memorial Day Ervin Wade, left, and Cornelius Tindal stand by the World War I and II memorial in front of the Lenoir County Courthouse after placing a wreath on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Kinston, N.C. (AP Photo/Kinston Free Press, Zach Frailey)
Matthew Gray Matthew Gray, 7, with Troop 131 pays his respects after placing flags on graves of veterans for Memorial Day at the Knoxville National Cemetery in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/the News Sentinel, Wade Payne)
Matthew Gray Matthew Gray, 7, with Troop 131 pays his respects after placing flags on graves of veterans for Memorial Day at the Knoxville National Cemetery in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/the News Sentinel, Wade Payne)
MINWS 5-26 memorial day promo Twenty six members of the Patriot Guard Riders of Kentucky encircle the podium at the Glenn Family Services Memorial Day service, Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Owensboro Memorial Gardens in Owensboro, Ky. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley)
MINWS 5-26 memorial day 3rd Gail Evans, owner if On Snow White Wings Dove Releases, stands back as 40 white doves escape into the air at the conclusion at the Glenn Family Services Memorial Day service, Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Owensboro Memorial Gardens in Owensboro, Ky. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley)
MINWS 5-26 memorial day DOM Retired Navy Commander Greg Black gives the keynote address at the Glenn Family Services Memorial Day service, Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Owensboro Memorial Gardens in Owensboro, Ky. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley)
Members of Rolling Thunder outside the Hyatt Regency Crystal City. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
A member of Rolling Thunder is seen Friday, May 24 in Crystal City, Va. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Jennifer Henderson, of Winston-Salem, N.C., watches as Col. Jim Market, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places a flag at the grave site of her husband Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan on June 17, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Staff Sgt. Mark Metrinko, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags at grave sites at Arlington Nationals Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Staff Casey Paulozzi, right, and Sgt. Staff Sgt. Mark Metrinko with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, place flags at grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Cpt. Jeff Anderson, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, picks up a backpack full of flags to begin work placing flags at grave sites in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Staff Sgt. Kevin Lynch, left, and Staff Sgt. Brooke Stevens, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, place flags at grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Staff Sgt. Joelle Monroe, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags at grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Jennifer Henderson, of Winston-Salem, N.C., left, and Sgt. Peter Reding, right, look on as Col. Jim Market, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, salutes the grave site of her husband Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan on June 17, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Arlington Cemetery Memorial Day Staff Sgt. Michael Delaune, of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places a flag at grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Memorial Day Calif Tony Garza, left with his brother Jose Garza from Houston Texas visits the gravesite of their father, Manuel Garza, a WWII veteran, before the Memorial Day holiday, Friday May 24, 2013 in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Minnesota Daily Life A man and woman are silouetted as they visit Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Friday, May 24, 2013 in Minneapolis, as visitors got an early start to the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Minnesota Daily Life A man stands alone amidst the headstones at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Friday, May 24, 2013 in Minneapolis, as visitors got an early start to the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Minnesota Daily Life A woman carries flowers and a flag as she looks for a gave at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Friday, May 24, 2013 in Minneapolis, as visitors got an early start to the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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