Photos: Remembering the fallen on Memorial Day weekend
As a show of respect, Marine Pfc. Morgan Weibel places a penny for the fallen during a Memorial Day celebration at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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Eight-year-old Gabby Loeffler reads grave markers at the Los Angeles National Cemetery as part of a Memorial Day celebration honoring those who have died in the line of service.
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Marine Pfc. Morgan Weibel tears up at the Los Angeles National Cemetery during a Memorial Day gathering.
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Sharie Green pays her respects to one of the many fallen service members during a Memorial Day celebration at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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Army Spc. Natalie Salvatierra performs Taps during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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Company H of the Buffalo Soldiers were honored during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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Myongchul Seo of the Korean War Veterans Assn. salutes the honor guard during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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Imogen Brinkley runs around placing flowers on graves at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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Boy Scouts from Troop 642 ride in a firetruck with American Legion Post 826 during the 27th annual Memorial Day Parade in Canoga Park.
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“Mr. Patriot” shakes hands during the 27th annual Memorial Day Parade in Canoga Park.
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Navy veteran Lu Rivas, center, walks with the Greater West Valley Lions Club during the 27th annual Memorial Day Parade in Canoga Park.
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People dressed in patriotic garb watch the 27th annual Memorial Day Parade in Canoga Park.
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Participants dressed as the Statue of Liberty march in the 27th annual Memorial Day Parade.
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A World War II veteran with Wings Over Wendy’s rides in a truck during the 27th annual Memorial Day Parade in Canoga Park.
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Diego Navarro, 5, blows on a horn during the 27th annual Memorial Day Parade in Canoga Park.
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Jessica Proctor of Huntington Beach visits her father’s grave with her two sons Harold, left, and Stanley at the Riverside National Cemetery.
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Danielle Hansen of Escondido toasts to her mother, Blanche Minter, at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside.
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Chuck Williamson of Menifee visits the grave of his father, Stanley Williamson, at the Riverside National Cemetery over Memorial Day weekend.
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During Memorial Day weekend, siblings Jacqueline Blanchette, left, and Lawson Blanchette of Temecula visit their mother’s grave at at the Riverside National Cemetery.
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Jerry Merritt looks for his father’s grave site at the Riverside National Cemetery.
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One-year-old Adelynn Raby holds an American flag and a flower at the Riverside National Cemetery.
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Alana Eudave, left, with Marina Sinay and Mike Garcia at the Riverside National Cemetery.
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Vietnam veteran Terry Sweeney, 66, of Marino Valley, visits his father Vernon T. Sweeney’s grave at the Riverside National Cemetery.
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Bonnie Kirkland of Long Beach, with her dog Julie, at the grave site of her father Robert Griggs, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War.
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