Nation Honors the Fallen on Memorial Day
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Christian Jacobs, 5, of Hertford, N.C., dressed as a Marine, pauses at his father's gravestone on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia., May 30, 2016. Christian's father Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs died in a training accident in 2011.