Gallery: Memorial Day throughout the U.S.

President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Monday, May 25, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. during a Memorial Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

A helmet sits at the butt of a rifle as dog tags also hang from the helmet as a tribute during the Memorial Day service Monday, May 25, 2009 at Mike Miller County Park in Draffenville, Ky. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Wright)

A bagpipe player plays at a Memorial Day program held in remembrance of those who served in the U.S. military, at the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Ga., Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Abell)

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Honor Guard salute during the playing of taps as President Barack Obama attends a Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 25, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

In observance of Memorial Day and soldiers still missing in action, thousands of bikers ride over the Memorial Bridge and near the Lincoln Memorial at the start of the annual Rolling Thunder celebration in Washington, Sunday, May 24, 2009. Arlington National Cemetery is seen in the distance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tessla Papin, 8 of Vacaville, Calif. touches the name of her great-uncle Joe Papin who was killed in Vietnam in 1969 at the conclusion of the afternoon ceremony to observe Memorial Day at the Solano County Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Vacaville, Calif. on Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/The Reporter, Joel Rosenbaum) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES **

Alex Castillo, a Vietnam Veteran and member of the VFW District 4 Ceremonial Detail fires a round during the Rifle Salute at the 2009 Memorial Day service at the National Cemetery Monday, May 25, 2009, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **

President Barack Obama speaks at a Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 25, 2009, Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Jessy McClernan, right, of Westville, N.J. and Corey Woolson, of Haddon Township, N.J., hold signs as they wait for McClernan's fiance, SSgt. Mathew Parsons Monday, May 25, 2009, at the U.S. Army's Fort Dix in Wrightstown, N.J. Parsons is one of about 390 New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers of the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team returning on the Memorial Day holiday from duty in Iraq. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial is silhouetted against the early morning sky during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, Sunday, May 24,2009, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial is silhouetted against the early morning sky during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, Sunday, May 24,2009, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Wendy Trim, left, and her daughter, Anne, 26, of Elk Grove, Calif. sit at the grave site of her husband and father, Cecil who died one-year ago and is buried at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif. on Monday, May 25, 2009 on Memorial Day . Cecil Trim was an Army veteran who fought during the Vietnam War. Monday was the first time that the Trims had seen his gravestone which was only recently installed. (AP Photo/The Reporter, Joel Rosenbaum) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES **

Staff Sgt. John Brinkley of the National Guard's Company A 149th BSB unit from Benton, Ky. salutes as Kimberlee Copeland, places a wreath in honor of fallen Marine Roy Lee Edwards of Brewers during a Memorial Day service at Mike Miller County Park in Draffenville, Ky. Monday, May 25, 2009. Edwards was one of more than 200 soldiers killed when during a bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1982. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Wright)

Herman Zeitchik, from Silver Spring, Md., a veteran of WWII, takes a knee and places his hand on the inscription for the Battle of The Bulge at the World War II Memorial in Washington, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009. Zeitchik, an Army veteran of WWII, was at the Battle of the Bulge, as well as D-Day and many others of the Atlantic campaign. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Christy Young, left, of Fort Drum, N.Y., Stephanie Dostie, of Fort Campbell, Ky., and her daughter Bayleigh Dostie, 9, visit the grave of Dostie's husband U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Shawn C. Dostie, who died serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005, Monday, May 25, 2009, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Barack Obama speaks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 25,2009, during a Memorial Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Vilette Currie, left, and Vietnam veteran Al Watson, both of Washington, make a rubbing of Currie's husband's name, James Currie, Jr., who died serving in Vietnam, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jose Bernardo Pacheco holds American flags at a Memorial Day ceremony at the San Francisco National Cemetery in the Presidio on Monday, May 25, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Maurice Gibson raises his hand in salute to the American flag for the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" during a Memorial Day service at Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah, Ky. Monday, May 25, 2009. Gibson continued his tradition of wearing his dress uniform from his days in the U.S. Army for whom he served as a staff sergeant during World War II, seeing action in Africa and Italy. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Wright)

Bonnie Deaton, left, and her daughter Martha Miller, both from Barboursville, Va, walk among the headstones at Culpeper National Cemetery before a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 25, 2009. Deaton's husband James E. Deaton, a veteran of World War II and Korea, is buried at the cemetery. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Mike Morones)

World War II veteran, Clarence Bledsoe, center, from Folsom, Calif. salutes as the national anthem is sung at the beginning of Memorial Day Services at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif. on Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/The Reporter, Joel Rosenbaum) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES **

Navy Lt. Raleigh Stahl salutes as helicopters fly over during the national anthem before the Memorial Day baseball game between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Veterans Robert Prest, Bill McKibben and William Hill, from left, salute the flag during the National Anthem during the 45th Infantry Division Museum Memorial Day Ceremony outside the museum in Oklahoma City on Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, John Clanton)

Martha Kissee, of North Highlands, touches the headstone of her late husband, Sgt. John Kissee, while visiting the Sacramento Valley VA National Cemetery near Dixon, Calif., Monday, May 25, 2009. John Kissee, who passed away Dec. 21, 2007, had served in the Air Force in Korea and Vietnam. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)