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Fallen soldiers remembered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

May 25th, 2012 by Evan Golub
Evan Golub
College park, United States, North America
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Flags and flowers are placed along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day weekend, with visitors walking by.
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Flags and flowers placed along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war, with visitors in the background.
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A visitor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall making a pencil rubbing of a name on the wall.
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Visitors walking past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war.
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A biker (likely in town for Rolling Thunder) walking past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war.
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Flags and flowers and a Snoopy figure in a shot glass left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war.
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Several bikers (likely in town for Rolling Thunder) visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. One of the bikers is taking a photograph of the wall.
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Visitors standing near and walking past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war. The Washington Monument can be seen in the background.
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Visitors standing near and taking photographs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war. The Washington Monument can be seen in the background and flags and flowers in the foreground.
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Visitors standing near and taking photographs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war. The Washington Monument can be seen in the background.
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A biker (likely in town for Rolling Thunder) looks at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day weekend.
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Visitors standing near and walking past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war. The Washington Monument can be seen in the background.
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A visitor touching the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day weekend, with flags and flowers along the wall in the foreground.
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A visitor kneeling at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war with flags and flowers along the wall in the foreground. The flags and flowers are in focus and the man is out of focus.
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A visitor kneeling at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war with flags and flowers along the wall in the foreground. The man is in focus and the flags and flowers are out of focus.
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One visitor taking a photograph of another visitor pointing at a name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war, with flags and flowers along the Wall.
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Flowers, flags, wreaths, and visitors seen at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day Weekend on the 50th anniversary of the war.
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Flowers and flags seen along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Memorial Day weekend.
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On Memorial Day weekend of the 50th anniversary of the first US involvement in what became known as the Vietnam War, fallen soldiers are remembered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

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