Memorial Day highlights (32 images)

U. S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois on May 31, 2010. A driving thunderstorm forced a halt of the ceremony. UPI/Brian Kersey

Vice President Joe Biden embraces Susan van Aalten , whose son Army Sgt. Alexander van Aalten was killed while serving in Afghanistan, in section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on Memorial Day, May 31, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

Ta bugler waits to play taps as U.S. President Barrack Obama places a wreath at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois on May 31, 2010. UPI/David Banks

Soldiers place flags in front of headstones during "Flags In" in honor of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 27, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg