PHOTOS: US honors veterans in Memorial Day ceremonies

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Monday, May 25, 2015
A rifle tribute is done in honor of veterans in Boyle Heights on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.
Veterans salute the American flag during a memorial ceremony in Boyle Heights on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.
Veterans stand guard for 24 hours at the Mexican-American All Wars Memorial on Monday, May 25, 2015.
Veterans stand guard at the All Wars Monument in Boyle Heights on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015.
Thousands of motorcyclists roared through Riverside on Monday, May 25, 2015, in a special Memorial Day tribute to military veterans.
A rose lays on top of a headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., where soldiers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan are buried, on Memorial Day.
Visitors gather in Section 60, where many of the soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day.
Madelyn Andrews, of Woodland Hills, Calif., walks past military graves while placing flags at headstones in remembrance of Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.
Visitors look at the names at the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, Monday, May 25, 2015, during Annual Memorial Day Observance ceremony.
President Barack Obama speaks during a Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 25, 2015.
A man holds a traditional Chickasaw Nation Eagle Staff, as part of the Chickasaw Nation Honor Guard ahead of a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day.
Color and honor guards arrive at the beginning of a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday May 25, 2015, where President Barack Obama spoke.
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PHOTOS: US honors veterans in Memorial Day ceremoniesA rifle tribute is done in honor of veterans in Boyle Heights on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- People across the nation came together to honor active service members and veterans during remembrance ceremonies on Memorial Day.