The following are 12 moving images, collected by Mashable, that show the spirit of Memorial day.
Civil War reenactor David Hillier salutes the grave site of a soldier killed during the Korean War, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
Image by Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Alex Burgess visits the grave site of a friend who was killed in Iraq.
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A family visits Arlington National Cemetery.
Image courtesy of Flickr, Michael Hyman
Anne Kornblut and her son visit a grave site in Arlington National Cemetery.
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President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Image by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
A flag is placed in front of a grave in Arlington National Cemetery.
Image by Alex Wong/Getty Images
A Canadian Vietnam war veteran kneels at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Image by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
Friends and family visit the grave site of U.S. Army Capt. Ronald George Luce, Jr., who was was killed in Afghanistan.
Image by Mark Wilson/Getty Images
A woman looks at the grave of a soldier who died during World War II, at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
Image by Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images
A boy walks under a large U.S. flag during a Memorial Day parade in Washington, D.C.
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A family kneels in front of a grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
Image courtesy of Flickr, Michael Hyman
A U.S. Marine walks alongside a woman through Section 60, the area for those killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, in Arlington National Cemetery.
Image by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
