A band member takes a break from the heat during the Memorial Day Parade in the economically depressed region of the Connecticut Valley on May 29, 2011 in Ansonia, Connecticut. Hundreds of towns and cities across America will celebrate Memorial Day with parades, cookouts and family gatherings. Memorial Day, the unofficial start to the summer season, was conceived as a day for Americans to commemorate U.S. Service Members who died in every war, including current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. By Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
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