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On Memorial Day, gathering to honor many who sacrificed

Under a canopy of trees, a solemn crowd gathered Monday in Washington Square Park to celebrate Memorial Day, not by reading a book on the benches or dipping their feet in the fountain, but by honoring America's first fallen soldiers.

Nancy B. Popielarski, of the New Jersey State Society of Mayflower Descendants, sings the National Anthem during the 22nd annual Memorial Day Commemoration at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington Square in Philadelphia, PA on May 30, 2016.
Nancy B. Popielarski, of the New Jersey State Society of Mayflower Descendants, sings the National Anthem during the 22nd annual Memorial Day Commemoration at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington Square in Philadelphia, PA on May 30, 2016.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer