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Valerie Bonk | vbonk@wtop.com

May 29, 2017, 2:55 PM

Christian Jacobs, 5, of Hertford, N.C., dressed as a Marine, works to place a flag in front of his father's gravestone on Memorial Day in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2016. Christian's father Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs died in a training accident in 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Christian Jacobs, 5, of Hertford, N.C., dressed as a Marine, works to place a flag in front of his father’s gravestone on Memorial Day in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2016. Christian’s father Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs died in a training accident in 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
The Sons of the American Revolution, Pikes Peak Chapter fire their guns during a historic reenactment on Memorial Day at the Evergreen Cemetery on Monday 29, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP)
Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP
From left, Lauren Smith, Justin Lin, and Mckenzie Ross play on the cannon in the front lawn of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Pittsburgh, as they visit with their families for the museum’s Memorial Day festivities on Monday, May 29, 2017. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
Clovis Greiner holds a flag with the Warrior Watch Riders on Monday, May 29, 2017 during the Bay County Board of County Commissioners and the Bay County Veterans Council annual Memorial Day Observance at Kent-Forest Lawn Cemetery in Panama City, Fla. (Patti Blake/News Herald via AP)
Patti Blake/News Herald via AP
Despite the weather, Shirley Paxson took time to visit the grave of her husband, Frederick Paxson, for Memorial Day at Biloxi National Cemetery, Monday, May 29, 2017. Frederick Paxson was Marine and served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. (Tim Isbell /The Sun Herald via AP)
Tim Isbell /The Sun Herald via AP
Angelina Cruz, 8, lays flags in remembrance for military members lost in war at various gravestones during Memorial Day at the Evergreen Cemetery on Monday, May 29, 2017, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP)
Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP
Visitors to Pittsburgh’s Senator John Heinz History Center participate in a flag-folding ceremony in honor of Memorial Day on Monday, May 29, 2017 at the museum’s grand hall in the Strip District. The 36 foot long flag weighs about 40 pounds. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
President Donald Trump speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 29, 2017, during a Memorial Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
President Donald Trump lays a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter wears camouflage socks as part of his Memorial Day uniform as he fouls a ball off his leg while batting during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Monday, May 29, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter wears camouflage socks as part of his Memorial Day uniform as he fouls a ball off his leg while batting during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Monday, May 29, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
Mike Denney, deputy chief of the Finderne Fire Department in Bridgewater, N.J., salutes after placing a reef during a Memorial Day observance ceremony, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Mike Denney, deputy chief of the Finderne Fire Department in Bridgewater, N.J., salutes after placing a reef during a Memorial Day observance ceremony, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Herb Colie, left, who served with the 4th Battalion 60th artillery, and Jim Benning, rght, who served as a second class machinist's mate on the USS Oak Hill during the Vietnam War, cover their ears as John Marsigliano, back left, and Chris Moeller, both of the Sons of the American Legion, do a gun salute during a Memorial Day observance, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Herb Colie, left, who served with the 4th Battalion 60th artillery, and Jim Benning, rght, who served as a second class machinist’s mate on the USS Oak Hill during the Vietnam War, cover their ears as John Marsigliano, back left, and Chris Moeller, both of the Sons of the American Legion, do a gun salute during a Memorial Day observance, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, North Carolina, embraces her son, Christian Jacobs, 6, while sitting next to the grave of her husband, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chris Jacobs, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Part of the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Sgt. Jacobs served in Aghanistan and Iraq and was killed during a training exercise in California in 2011. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, North Carolina, embraces her son, Christian Jacobs, 6, while sitting next to the grave of her husband, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chris Jacobs, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Part of the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Sgt. Jacobs served in Aghanistan and Iraq and was killed during a training exercise in California in 2011. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
David Foute, 53, of Galveston, Texas, makes a stop on his months-long planned trek in honor of U.S. military veterans in a 'covered wagon,' which he tows on his bicycle, Sunday, May 28, 2017, at Will Rogers State Beach in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. Foute left Galveston on May 13, enroute to Oregon later this summer. "I'm not a veteran, but I'm trying to give back what they gave so much for us. I'm able to do what I'm doing because of them." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
David Foute, 53, of Galveston, Texas, makes a stop on his months-long planned trek in honor of U.S. military veterans in a ‘covered wagon,’ which he tows on his bicycle, Sunday, May 28, 2017, at Will Rogers State Beach in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. Foute left Galveston on May 13, enroute to Oregon later this summer. “I’m not a veteran, but I’m trying to give back what they gave so much for us. I’m able to do what I’m doing because of them.” (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
AP Photo/Reed Saxon
A Civil War statue dedicated to "the defenders of the Union" is silhouetted by the Memorial Day sunrise in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, May 29, 2017. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
A Civil War statue dedicated to “the defenders of the Union” is silhouetted by the Memorial Day sunrise in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, May 29, 2017. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
AP Photo/John Antczak
A member of the National Park Service inspects the walkway at the World War II Memorial early in the morning before the Memorial Day events in Washington, Monday, May 29, 2017. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
A member of the National Park Service inspects the walkway at the World War II Memorial early in the morning before the Memorial Day events in Washington, Monday, May 29, 2017. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
AP Photo/J. David Ake
Members of the veterans support group "Ruck to Remember" walk along the National Mall in Washington, Monday, May 29, 2017, as they continue their Memorial Day march to Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Members of the veterans support group “Ruck to Remember” walk along the National Mall in Washington, Monday, May 29, 2017, as they continue their Memorial Day march to Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
AP Photo/J. David Ake
Angelica Danner and her daughter Liana lay roses at headstones in Arlington National Cemetery May 28, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Volunteers from throughout the country gather to place a rose on each grave in preparation for Memorial Day. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Angelica Danner and her daughter Liana lay roses at headstones in Arlington National Cemetery May 28, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Volunteers from throughout the country gather to place a rose on each grave in preparation for Memorial Day. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
A single red carnation lies on top of the mural wall at the Korean War Veterans Memorial early in the morning, Sunday May 28, 2017 during the Memorial Day weekend holiday in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
AP Photo/J. David Ake
Playing a tribute to veterans at gravesites to mark the Memorial Day holiday, retired U.S. Navy yeoman Mark Stallins of Denver performs in Fort Logan National Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2017, in southwest Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Playing a tribute to veterans at gravesites to mark the Memorial Day holiday, retired U.S. Navy yeoman Mark Stallins of Denver performs in Fort Logan National Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2017, in southwest Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
AP Photo/David Zalubowski
Flags mark graves at Leavenworth National Cemetery on the eve of Memorial Day, Sunday, May 28, 2017, in Leavenworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Flags mark graves at Leavenworth National Cemetery on the eve of Memorial Day, Sunday, May 28, 2017, in Leavenworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
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Christian Jacobs, 5, of Hertford, N.C., dressed as a Marine, works to place a flag in front of his father's gravestone on Memorial Day in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2016. Christian's father Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs died in a training accident in 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter wears camouflage socks as part of his Memorial Day uniform as he fouls a ball off his leg while batting during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Monday, May 29, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Mike Denney, deputy chief of the Finderne Fire Department in Bridgewater, N.J., salutes after placing a reef during a Memorial Day observance ceremony, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Herb Colie, left, who served with the 4th Battalion 60th artillery, and Jim Benning, rght, who served as a second class machinist's mate on the USS Oak Hill during the Vietnam War, cover their ears as John Marsigliano, back left, and Chris Moeller, both of the Sons of the American Legion, do a gun salute during a Memorial Day observance, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, North Carolina, embraces her son, Christian Jacobs, 6, while sitting next to the grave of her husband, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chris Jacobs, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Part of the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Sgt. Jacobs served in Aghanistan and Iraq and was killed during a training exercise in California in 2011. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
David Foute, 53, of Galveston, Texas, makes a stop on his months-long planned trek in honor of U.S. military veterans in a 'covered wagon,' which he tows on his bicycle, Sunday, May 28, 2017, at Will Rogers State Beach in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. Foute left Galveston on May 13, enroute to Oregon later this summer. "I'm not a veteran, but I'm trying to give back what they gave so much for us. I'm able to do what I'm doing because of them." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
A Civil War statue dedicated to "the defenders of the Union" is silhouetted by the Memorial Day sunrise in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, May 29, 2017. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
A member of the National Park Service inspects the walkway at the World War II Memorial early in the morning before the Memorial Day events in Washington, Monday, May 29, 2017. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Members of the veterans support group "Ruck to Remember" walk along the National Mall in Washington, Monday, May 29, 2017, as they continue their Memorial Day march to Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Angelica Danner and her daughter Liana lay roses at headstones in Arlington National Cemetery May 28, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Volunteers from throughout the country gather to place a rose on each grave in preparation for Memorial Day. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Playing a tribute to veterans at gravesites to mark the Memorial Day holiday, retired U.S. Navy yeoman Mark Stallins of Denver performs in Fort Logan National Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2017, in southwest Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Flags mark graves at Leavenworth National Cemetery on the eve of Memorial Day, Sunday, May 28, 2017, in Leavenworth, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Valerie Bonk

Valerie Bonk started working at WTOP in 2016 and has lived in Howard County, Maryland, her entire life. She's thrilled to be a reporter for WTOP telling stories on air. She works as both a television and radio reporter in the Maryland and D.C. areas. 

vbonk@wtop.com

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