In Washington, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Meanwhile, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended various commemorations.
Local and national politicians took a day off from campaigning and bickering Monday to pay tribute the country's fallen soldiers, standing with fellow Americans in Memorial Day ceremonies across the nation.
Local and national politicians took a day off from campaigning and bickering Monday to pay tribute the country's fallen soldiers, standing with fellow Americans in Memorial Day ceremonies across the nation.
In Washington, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, honoring veterans, present and past, for their service to the country.
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First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a woman during Memorial Day commemorations at Arlington National Cemetery, while President Barack Obama looks on from a distance.
"Let us not forget as we gather here today that our nation is still at war," a somber Obama said at Arlington National Cemetery. "When they give their lives, they are still being laid to rest in cemeteries in quiet corners across our country, including here in Arlington."
Earlier on Monday, the president and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a White House breakfast for the families of service members who had been killed.
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Alex Burgess visits the gravesite of an old friend who was killed in Iraq and is now buried in Section 60 of Arlington Cemetery.
In New York, Michael Bloomberg and a bevy of pols looking to replace him as the city's next mayor, also honored the fallen.
Bloomberg joined military leaders and grateful New Yorkers at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the upper West Side of Manhattan, calling on Americans to "remember the sacrifice that was made so that we could be here."
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery.
Meanwhile, in Queens, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in the city's mayoral race, was joined by City Controller John Liu and newly minted candidate Anthony Weiner at the borough's Memorial Day parade.
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John Liu, a Democratic candidate for New York’s next mayor, appears in the 24th Annual Laurelton Memorial Day Parade in Queens.
While the trio honored the many servicemen and servicewomen the state has lost over the years, the threesome mostly spent the morning greeting parade spectators and working for their votes.
The Queens march, however, wasn't the only parade that transformed into a possible electoral preview.
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Anthony Weiner, a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York, marches in the 24th Annual Laurelton Memorial Day in Queens.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former Secretary of State and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton joined New Castle residents, in Westchester County, in the town's own Memorial Day parade - in what could end up being a sneak peak at the candidates for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.
The ambitious duo dressed appropriately for the slow walk through town: Cuomo sported a blue blazer and white shirt, while Clinton touted a fire-engine red blazer and a scarf adorned with the American flag.
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Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo march in the Memorial Day parade in Westchester County.
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First Lady Michelle Obama, left, and President Barack Obama greet mourners during a Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
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President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony on Memorial Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
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President Barack Obama, center, arrives with U.S. Army General Michael Linnington, commander of the Military District of Washington, to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as a part of Memorial Day observances at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Visitors to Section 60 - where Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are buried - of Arlington National Cemetery gather around President Barack Obama, center, on Memorial Day.
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President Barack Obama positions a commemorative wreath during a ceremony on Memorial Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
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