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Gary Witt, a two-time Purple Heart recipient for his service in Vietnam during 1968-69 with the Marines, remains at Monument Terrace following the Memorial Day observance to converse with people in the crowd Monday, May 27, 2013 in Lynchburg, Va. (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Sam O'Keefe\)

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Jim Ransom, of Boise, shows his father's grave site to foster children Matthew, 5, and Nicholas, 3, Monday May 27, 2013 at Dry Creek Cemetery in northwest Boise. Many people celebrated Memorial Day visiting the grave sites of deceased loved ones and decorating the memorials with flowers and flags.

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U.S. Marine Corps, 2nd Lt. Adam Carroll, left, pays tribute as he salutes during the playing of the National Anthem at the Memorial Day ceremony in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 27, 2013, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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This May 23, 2013, photo shows the gate to the Waikiki Natatorium in Honolulu. A few glance curiously at the crumbling Waikiki Natatorium, a saltwater pool built in 1927 as a memorial to the 10,000 soldiers from Hawaii who served in World War I. (AP Photo/Anita Hofschneider)

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Motorcyclists ride across Memorial Bridge into Washington during the Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Flags and salutes were the order of the day Sunday as miles of motorcycles crossed Memorial Bridge en route to the Mall in the 26th annual Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom. (Associated Press)

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Andy Andresen listens to a panel of speakers Sunday morning at the Patriot Harley-Davidson in Fairfax, the starting line for the Ride of a the Patriots. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Fairfax County motorcycle police bikes line the street, outside the Patriot Harley-Davidson in preparation to escort rides in the annual Ride of the Patriots, in support of Rolling Thunder, in Fairfax, Va., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)