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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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Visitors at the National Mall in D.C. got a glimpse of the USAA Poppy Wall of Honor, featuring over 645,000 red poppies, which honors fallen service members. (WTOP/Luke Lukert)

Thousands of poppies honor fallen service members on the National Mall

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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For the first time in 16 years, three meerkat pups were born at the Small Mammal House. (Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)

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Memorial Day in DC should be a wet one

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