Jeremy Rivers of Boy Scout Troop 13 from St. Mary's Catholic Church holds a tattered American flag Monday, May 27, 2013, during a Memorial Day flag retirement ceremony at Sugarloaf Assisted Living in Winona, Minn. The troop retired nine American flags from the community by burning them in a ceremonial fire and later burying the ashes. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Andrew Link)
Seaman Daniel Odoi of the Navy Operational Support Center of New York City presents the American flag during a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A woman grieves at the grave site of a loved one on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Park ranger Victoria Thompson holds American flags as visitors view the Manhattan skyline after a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Dozens of beach-goers spill down an exit ramp on Memorial Day at Coney Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. Despite cool weather and cold water, thousands of visitors took to the sand and the boardwalk. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
U.S. Navy veteran Paul Webb strikes the bell throughout the Memorial Day service, in Lynchburg, VA., Monday, May 27, 2013. (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Sam O'Keefe\)
New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney speaks during a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, Monday, May 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A soldier places roses on grave stones at Section 60 on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried in Section 60. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
Cooper McCormick of Boy Scout Troop 13 from St. Mary's Catholic Church places an American flag in the fire Monday, May 27, 2013, during a Memorial Day flag retirement ceremony at Sugarloaf Assisted Living in Winona, Minn. The troop retired nine American flags from the community by burning them in a ceremonial fire and later burying the ashes. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Andrew Link)
