(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Members of the U.S. Public Health Service salute while presenting ... carries the American flag during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando ...

In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on the last Monday in May.

About 3,500 Scouts planted 90,000 flags ahead of Monday's Memorial Day ceremony. They were instructed to plant one flag per headstone, say the name on the headstone and salute.