Metro

Memorial Day services strike a somber note

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A member of the United States Fleet Forces Brass Band plays his trumpet for a crowd in Times Square.

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Members of the Armed Forces are in New York for Fleet Week.

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Patty Steve, the mother of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Brian R. Buesing, adjusts a flag at Brian's grave in the Cedar Key Cemetery in Gainesville, Fla.

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Fireworks illuminate the sky over the James River at Rockett's Landing near downtown Richmond, Va.

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Zechariah and Jeremiah Winders hang out the window of Mark Winders' Point Man Ministries military truck during the Memorial Day parade in Coos Bay, Ore.

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Members of the Minnesota Korean War Veterans Chapter # 1 pause for a prayer during the benediction of the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery Memorial Day program.