Memorial Day took on a much different form and tone this year around America, with restrictions and concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic changing the way the holiday was observed. Still, many people found ways to honor deceased veterans of the nation’s wars.
Retired U.S. Navy Yeoman First Class Mark Stallins consoles a woman after playing taps at the gravesite of her relative at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Sheridan, Colo., on Memorial Day,David Zalubowski/AP PhotoPresident Donald Trump stands before a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day.Alex Brandon/AP PhotoPresident Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence (left), stands after placing the wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. First lady Melania Trump looks on.Alex Brandon/AP PhotoDemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Jill Biden pause after placing a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Del.Patrick Semansky/AP PhotoJoe Biden and Jill Biden depart after placing a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Del.Patrick Semansky/AP PhotoArmy veteran Brett Miller visits the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va.Andrew Harnik/AP PhotoA group of veterans with Operation Enduring Warrior greet Brian Willette of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and his wife, Gina Willette, near the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va.Andrew Harnik/AP PhotoMarine veteran John Kline pays his respects at the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia.Matt Rourke/AP PhotoVietnam veteran Kitch Kichula, wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, pays his respects at the Vietnam War Memorial in Philadelphia on Memorial Day.Matt Rourke/AP PhotoThomas Pavur sits facing the grave of his uncle, Navy World War II veteran Chester A. Shereiv, at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP PhotoThe family of World War II Army veteran Raymond Lopez visit his grave at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP PhotoDelbert Falter visits his brother’s grave at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Mich.Paul Sancya/AP PhotoHenry Jones Jr. sits at his parents’ gravesite in Fort Logan National Cemetery in Sheridan, Colo. Henry Sr. served as a master sergeant in the Army in both the Korean and Vietnam wars.David Zalubowski/AP PhotoA fife and drum corps plays at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore.Evan Vucci/AP PhotoA motorcade of veterans stops outside the VA Medical Center before placing wreaths beside memorial stones on the premises in the Brooklyn borough of New York.John Minchillo/AP PhotoA bugler plays taps as a motorcade of veterans stops outside the VA Medical Center for a ceremony in the Brooklyn borough of New York.John Minchillo/AP Photo
