Bob Smith, who served in Vietnam and is the immediate past commander of VFW Post 9274, salutes during the Memorial Day Veteran's Ceremony at the annual Falls Church City Memorial Day Parade & Festival on Monday, May 30, 2011. "Don't just remember our troops on Memorial Day and Veteran's Day," Smith, the keynote speaker for the ceremony, told the audience. "Honor them every day." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
A boy ducks under an innertube at the Lazy River at the Water Mine Family Swimmin' Hole at Lake Fairfax in Reston, Va., on Monday, May 30, 2011. The water park was filled to capacity on a very hot Memorial Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
** FILE ** President Obama, with Maj. Gen. Karl Horst (left), commander of the U.S. Army's Military District of Washington, places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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)
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)
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)
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)
** FILE ** Frank Buckles receives an American flag during Memorial Day activities at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo., in 2008. Mr. Buckles, the last U.S. doughboy from the Great War, died on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, of natural causes at his home in Charles Town, W.Va. (Associated Press)
Two Colorado women who lost loved ones in battle — Lona Bader (left) and Penni Harrison — hold the "Honor and Remember" flag. They lobbied the Colorado Senate to have the flag flown on Veterans Day and Memorial Day. But lawmakers rejected the idea. (Associated Press)
