In the morning, I travled with the press pool to cover President Obama at Arlington National Cemetery and in the afternoon I spent some time along the National Mall looking for other Memorial Day features. 

A rose lays on a gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

President Barack Obama and Major Gen. Michael S. Linnington salute during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns  at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

United States Marine Corps., 2nd. Lt., Adam Carroll salutes during the National Anthem prior to President Barack Obama's speech  during a Memorial Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a Memorial Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. Also pictured, from left: Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey; Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel; Obama; Kathryn Condon, executive director of the Army National Cemeteries Program; Maj. Gen. Michael S. Linnington; and Col. Michael E. Brainerd, army chaplain. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

A woman holding flowers is seen from President Obama's motorcade as it makes its way through Arlington National Cemetery on its way out of the cemetery after a Memorial Day ceremony, in Arlington, Virginia, Monday, May 27, 2013. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

Diane Cameron, from McAllen, Texas, looks for her brother's name as she visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day in Washington, Monday, May 27, 2013.  Her brother served in Vietnam with the A-4 Skyhawks. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

During the National Memorial Day Parade on Consitution Ave., volunteers marched with photos of those who died in service during World War II,  on Memorial Day in Washington, Monday, May 27, 2013. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

Arnie DeGroot, from Chicago, pauses as he visits the  Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day in Washington, Monday, May 27, 2013. DeGroot was a Marine in Vietnam from  June 1966 to March 1969. According to DeGroot, there were 146 men in his unit and 133 of them didn't make it home alive and are listed on the wall. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)

A rose is seen in a pair of combat boots at the base of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day in Washington, Monday, May 27, 2013. (Drew Angerer for The New York Times)