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LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK - JULY 20: A common tern populates Nickerson Beach on July 20, 2022 in Lido Beach, New York, United States. The south shore of Long Island is a summer haven for a multitude of shore birds who are protected by the Federal and New Your State Conservation laws. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - MAY 25: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in preparation for Memorial Day, on May 25, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. More than 1000 service members entered the cemetery at pre-dawn hours to begin the process of placing a flag in front of more than 270,000 headstones. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Memorial Day in DC should be a wet one

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