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The Maryland Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans prepare for the start of the National Memorial Day Parade, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 30, 2011. The only qualification for membership into the group is you must be able to trace back to an ancestor that fought in the Confederate Army. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Kathy Summers pulls out a paddle board on the dock at Jack's Boathouse in Georgetown to prepare for an early morning ride on the Potomac River. She's been paddling for about three years and instructs others through her company, Stand Up Paddle DC. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A paddle boarder wraps the ankle strap from the board around her ankle before heading out to paddle on the Potomac River. By law, paddle boarders must either wear a life vest or have one accessible on a vessel. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Paddle boarding instructor Kathy Summers (right) lines up a group of her students on the Potomac River below the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mark Baird paddles along the Potomac River near Jack's Boathouse in Georgetown. "This is so different," he said. "It feels like I'm getting away with something. The neatest thing is to go out somewhere in the middle of the river and sit down." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A youth holds up an American flag in the crowded Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington as the audience awaits the arrival of President Obama to speak at a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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U.S. soldiers holds candles to mark Memorial Day at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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A U.S. soldier speaks during a ceremony to mark Memorial Day at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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A crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial watches the bikers of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ride across Memorial Bridge on Sunday. "I always come here," Iraq veteran Staff Sgt. Scot Dellmore said. "You can't beat D.C. You can't beat the crowd of bikes."
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Bikers in the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ride across Memorial Bridge on Sunday. Secretary of State Robert M. Gates told the participants "your work and the sounds of the bikes" help remind soldiers of their "cost incurred and enduring strength." (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Bikers in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ride across Memorial Bridge on Sunday. The 24th annual event, which saw thousands of military and civilian motorcycle riders rumble across the District, was held to remember American prisoners of war and support veterans. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Sarah Palin, with her daughter Piper (center), answers a reporter's question at the beginning of the Rolling Thunder motorycycle ride at the Pentagon on Sunday. She smiled broadly when many in the crowd urged her to run for the presidency.
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Sarah Palin, former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, rides on the back of a motorcycle past the U.S. Capitol on Sunday as she participated in the annual Rolling Thunder ride on Memorial Day weekend. "How do you wear all this leather and stay cool?" she asked one woman. (Associated Press)
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Wine wasn't a presence on the menu when Jose Placencia was growing up in California's Central Valley, but it accompanies the Mexican dishes he eats today. "Latinos of my generation have wine on a regular basis and make it a staple of their meals," he said. (Associated Press)
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The Washington Nationals have been blessed with No. 1 picks in back-to-back drafts and once-a-generation prospects in Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg. It should be no surprise, then, that good karma has been hard to come by this year, as the Nats are 21-28 on the season and coming off a 1-7 road trip. (Drew Angerer / The Washington Times) / (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS This Pakistani shopkeeper awaits customers in Guli Badral, where locals say men whom they presume to be soldiers shop for meat, flour and beans before getting into pickup trucks for a two-hour trip along a rough track to their mountain training camp.
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**FILE** Cars back up in both directions waiting to make left hand turns from M Street onto South Capitol Street in Southeast. (The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS After arriving at Pui O Bay via ferry, visitors can take in the clear water and fine sand before setting off on designated hiking trails for further exploration of Lantau Island, which includes a large monastery, a fishing village and a cable car to the Big Buddha.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS After arriving at Pui O Bay via ferry, visitors can take in the clear water and fine sand before setting off on designated hiking trails for further exploration of Lantau Island, which includes a large monastery, a fishing village and a cable car to the Big Buddha.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS After arriving at Pui O Bay via ferry, visitors can take in the clear water and fine sand before setting off on designated hiking trails for further exploration of Lantau Island, which includes a large monastery, a fishing village and a cable car to the Big Buddha.
