Remembrances and parades held across the country to commemorate Memorial Day

Brittany Jacobs places a flower at the headstone of her husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Va. Mourners from throughout the United States travel to Arlington to visit their loved ones on Memorial Day.

By Times staff

May 28, 2018 2:52 PM PT

Families and veterans observed Memorial Day with ceremonies and parades across the country.

In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke during an observance at the city's National Cemetery, where family members placed flowers on loved ones' graves.

In Virginia, President Trump marked his second Memorial Day as commander in chief by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a solemn ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Alex Vigueras, a Vietnam veteran from Lawndale, says the Pledge of Allegiance during the Los Angeles National Cemetery's Memorial Day ceremony.

World War II veteran and El Monte resident Yoshito Fujimoto, who just turned 100, attends the Memorial Day ceremony at Los Angeles National Cemetery.

Chris Rake of Newbury Park prays near a gravestone in the Los Angeles National Cemetery. Rake says he did not know the soldier whom he prayed over, but that he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to those killed.

Krista Meinert of Fort Atkinson, Wis., cleans the headstone of her son, Jacob, who was killed in Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery.

Gold Star Wife Bonnie White attends a Memorial Day observance at the National Guard Armory in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Korean War veteran and Silver Star recipient Alen Elfman, 87, talks with Staff Sgt. Alex Dillmann, who was paralyzed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2011, in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Christian Jacobs, 7, of Hertford, N.C., tends the gravesite of his father, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, at Arlington National Cemetery.

The national anthem is played at the Memorial Day Parade in Naugatuck, Conn.

Navy Korean War veteran Bob Shaw, left, and Navy World War II veteran Howard Konetchy salute during the national anthem at a Memorial Day observance at the Georgetown-Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza in Sun City, Texas.

President Trump lays a wreath during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

Brandi Quirk, 43, of Stafford, Va., mourns the loss of her mother at the gravesite of her maternal grandparents at Arlington National Cemetery.

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