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May 28, 2007

Americans Honor War Dead on Memorial Day
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=17A2DB4:A6F02AD83191E16011E1C56C7D3DC4EF9574F7DCC14957C0 President Bush
lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, delivers speech as nation
pauses to honor sacrifice of war dead Americans are remembering those
who died in military service to their country on Monday's, Memorial
Day holiday.







President Bush lays wreath at tomb of unkown soldier at Arlington
National Cemetery, 28 May 2007President Bush will lay a wreath at
Arlington National Cemetery and deliver a speech, as the nation pauses
to honor the sacrifice of its war dead. Memorial Day is a national
holiday, and ceremonies and other special events are taking place
across the United States.

Arlington National Cemetery lies across the Potomac River from
Washington, D.C. The cemetery holds the remains of more than 300,000
Americans - members of the military services from conflicts dating
back to the American Civil War, nearly 150 years ago.

Two U.S. presidents, including John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated
in 1963; and many other prominent Americans are also buried there. A
relatively new section of the cemetery holds the graves of nearly 350
men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan - nearly one in 10 of the
American victims of those conflicts.

On Sunday, thousands of motorcycle riders from across the United
States rallied in Washington for their annual tribute to military
veterans.

The "Rolling Thunder" rally is intended to focus attention on the
continuing effort to trace American soldiers missing in action from
the Vietnam War and other conflicts, as well as other veteran
concerns.


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