Remembering The Fallen

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Touching photos show the true meaning of Memorial Day as men, women and children honor their loved ones who lost their lives while serving their country.

Memorial Day, which is celebrated on the last Monday of May, is marked in ceremonies and celebrations around the US to commemorate the men and women who died while in the military service. 

In observance of the holiday, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers often place American flags on each grave site at national cemeteries. 

An Iraq War veteran sits and drinks a beer beside the symbolic graves of fallen friends from his former unit, the 1st Infantry Division, at the Arlington West Memorial on Memorial Day in Santa Monica, California.

Christian Jacobs touches a photograph of his US Marine father, Christopher Jacobs, while visiting his grave on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.

Jeff Lee of Lantana, Florida, leans against the gravestone of his father, Frank Lee, during a Memorial Day ceremony at the South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth, Florida.

Andi Schorr grieves at the grave of her husband Sergeant First Class George Joseph Schorr. Schorr served two tours of duty in Vietnam.

Angela Spraul and her four-year-old daughter Ava sit at the grave of her husband John Spraul, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery.

A young woman lays down on the grave of US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Noah Pier on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery.

Ricky Parada sits at the grave of his little brother Cpl Nicolas Paradarodriguez who was killed in Afghanistan.

Ron White pauses to reflect for a moment as he adds the names of over 2,000 fallen military personnel who served in Afghanistan to a fifty-foot wall at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

US Army soldiers Rick Kolberg (left) and Jesus Gallegos embrace as they visit the graves of Raymond Jones and Peter Enos on Memorial Day.

US Army soldier Matt Weber is embraced by Jenny Fleming as he visits the grave of Jason Arnette.

Christian Jacobs, four, of Hertford, NC, lies on the grave of his father, Christian James Jacob, during Memorial Day celebrations at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Nathaniel Marley, four, salutes the graves of service men and women as well as his grandpa as he is taught to pay respect and say thank you by his father, US Army veteran Bruce Marley, of San Diego.

A woman walks past graves during Memorial Day celebrations at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Ryan Buckingham touches the grave of his friend David Hortman during Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

A woman sits at the edge of the field of United States flags on the Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts.