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A member of the Flint Marine Corps League holds a rifle shell after a three-volley salute was fired at a memorial ceremony at the Flint City Cemetery in Flint Township, Mich. on Saturday May 26, 2012. MLive, Lathan Goumas, Associated Press
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A Marine salutes as motorcycles drive past during the annual Rolling Thunder parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 27, 2012. Charles Dharapak, Associated Press
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American Robert Dryfoos, left, from Conn., with Khalil Diallo walks around layers of tombs after attending Memorial Day rites at the American Cemetery in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 27, 2012. The cemetery site contains the Aaron Favila, Associated Press
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In this Saturday, May 26, 2012 photo, scouts light up more than 17,000 candles before the 2012 Fredericksburg National Cemetery Lumnaria at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Va. The Free Lance-Star, Peter Cihelka, Associated Press
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A Marine Corps carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Saturday, May 26, 2012. According to the Department of Defense, Coffey, of Boring, Ore., di Ann Heisenfelt, Associated Press
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Evalynn Israel, 9, of Palmdale, Calif., walks through the Arlington West Iraq War memorial in Santa Monica, Calif., Saturday, May 26, 2012. Jae C. Hong, Associated Press
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World War II veteran Jesse R. Turner salutes while being comforted by Helen Marie Misel at a display of more than 1700 United States flags in Shawnee, Kan., Saturday, May 26, 2012. Turner served in the Army Air Corps. Orlin Wagner, Associated Press
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Members of the Flint Marine Corps League stand at ease on a hill over looking at memorial ceremony at the Flint City Cemetery in Flint Township, Mich. on Saturday May 26, 2012. MLive, Lathan Goumas, Associated Press
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Madeline Grace Wallace, 4, carries flags at the National Cemetery in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, May 25, 2012. The girl and her mother visited the cemetery to place flags on graves for Memorial Day. Danny Johnston, Associated Press
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In this Saturday, May 26, 2012 photo, Christina Joyce of Girl Scout Troop 882 carries a candle while helping light candles before the 2012 2012 Fredericksburg National Cemetery Lumnaria at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Va. The Free Lance-Star, Peter Cihelka, Associated Press
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Air Force veteran and Anaheim police officer Brennan Leininger was "saddened" last Memorial Day when he realized more than half the 150,000 graves at Riverside National Cemetery did not have flags. He raised more than $15,000 and was able to purchase 21,6 Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, Associated Press
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Boy Scout Andrew Conquest of Brandon, Miss., looks for grave markers without a flag, at the Vicksburg National Cemetery Friday, May 25, 2012. Conquest and members of his Brandon, Miss., troop joined with other volunteers to place over 18,000 small America Rogelio V. Solis, Associated Press
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The Elite Honor Guard from the McGuire Air Force Base begin the military honor's ceremony inside St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church as family and members of the community attend a funeral mass for Tech. Sgt. William Kevin Colwell of Glen Cove, whose remain Newsday, Steve Pfost, Associated Press
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Members of Boy Scout Troop 450 and 278 lead the parade carrying a large American flag during the Memorial Day observance ceremony at the Memphis National Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. Saturday, May 26, 2012. For 29 years members of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scout The Commercial Appeal, Chris Desmond, Associated Press
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Senior Airman Sirintra Fisher closes the door of a transfer vehicle that holds a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Saturday, May 26, 2012. According to the Dep Ann Heisenfelt, Associated Press
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Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, observes Memorial Day by reading a letter written by an American soldier to his family before he died earlier this year, at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 28, 2012. Anja Niedringhaus, Associated Press
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Boy Scouts carry a large American flag through the Memphis National Cemetery in Tennessee, where scouts also placed flags on 42,000 graves. In Little Rock, Ark., a 4-year-old girl fills her arms with flags to place on gravesites.

Across the U.S. this weekend, Americans are honoring the fallen, veterans and military personnel in ceremonies and private remembrances.

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