Flags lay at the headstones of veterans during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Members of the Knights of Columbus stand at attention during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Flag are planted by U.S. Army soldiers during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Levi Ortiz, 6, plants a flag near the headstone of his great grandfather during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts attend a Memorial Day ceremony at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
U.S. Army soldier Tyler James plants a flag at the headstone of a veteran during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
U.S. Army soldiers plant flags at the headstones of veterans during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Fransisco Albiar pins a flowers to his shirt during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Carman Cortez bows her head during the playing of Taps at Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. Cortez’s father, Pedro Castillo was a WWII veteran who passed away in 2017. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
U.S. Army soldiers and others plat flags at the headstones of veterans during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Miguel Angel Garcia holds his hand to his heart during the playing of Taps at a Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Fransisco Albiar receives a hug before the start of Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Attendees listen to speeches during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
U.S. Army soldier Irene Miller salutes a headstone of a veteran after planting a flag during Memorial Day ceremonies at Rio Grande Valley State Cemetery on Monday, May 31, 2021, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
