Memorial Day 2011 (14 images)

A woman visits her father's grave at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Virginia, on May 30, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

Thousands of war memorial crosses are on display at the Arlington West Memorial Project in Santa Monica, California on May 29, 2011. The beach memorial represents the 4,454 soldiers killed in Iraq and 2,393 killed in Afghanistan. The 12 mock caskets represent the soldiers killed this week: 10 in Afghanistan and 2 in Iraq. UPI /Jim Ruymen)

War veterans salute as an American flag passes by during Memorial Day services at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis on May 30, 2011. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

A rubber duck is seen on a tomb as families gather in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Virginia, on May 30, 2011. Many of the soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan that are buried in Arlington rest in Section 60. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg