Veterans Day across America (Photo 5 of 5) - Pictures

Veterans in a pre-game flag ceremony Sunday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.

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On Monday, a man paused between rows of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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Michele Mathews sat on the shoulders of Kevin Palmer of Goshen, Conn., to make a rubbing of where his uncle’s name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Stephan Ross, of Boston, a Holocaust survivor, met for the first time the family of the late soldier, Lt. Steven Sattler, who gave him food and a small American Flag during the liberation of Dachau.

Stephan Ross (in striped uniform) met with family members of late soldier Steve Sattler (seen in framed picture), who gave Ross food and a small American Flag during the liberation of Dachau.

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President Barack Obama speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater in Arlington, Va., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012.

President Obama spoke during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater on Sunday.

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