Idol Chatter: Memorial Day Photos From Around The Country, And My Favorite Patriotic Songs of All Time

Tomorrow, I will be back with more news stories.

Today, I just simply want to commemorate this day by honoring those who have fought for our freedoms, and in some cases, died for them.

Here are some photos from various Memorial Day celebrations from across the country, courtesy of Huffington Post/ AOL News:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/30/memorial-day-photos-may-30_n_868766.html

A boy holds up at American flag in the crowded amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery as all await the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama to speak at a Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington,Va. Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

American Legion Post 78 members from left, John Wendrychowic, Michael Gaughan, and Shawn Flynn are seen before a Memorial Day paradeMonday, May 30, 2011, in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President Barack Obama places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

A man sits alone at Arlington West, a memorial display with hundreds of crosses and other religious symbols representing service people killed in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, sponsored by Veterans for Peace, on the beach at Santa Monica, Calif., Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Members of Tragedy Assistant Program for Survivors (T.A.P.S.) stand during the playing of the National Anthem before President Barack Obama speaks at a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Alex Anaya, 2, foreground, watches veteran march in a Memorial Day parade Monday, May 30, 2011, in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A woman walks through the San Francisco National Cemetery as a flag flies on Memorial Day in San Francisco, Monday, May 30, 2011. Among the 30,000 Americans laid to rest here are Civil War generals, Medal of Honor recipients, Buffalo Soldiers, and a Union spy. The first known burial at the cemetery located in the Presidio occurred in 1854. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, left, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and U.S. President Barack Obama stand during taps at the Memorial Day service in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Possible 2012 presidential hopeful, U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., and a friend, Jeff Chidester, march with in the Memorial Day parade Monday, May 30, 2011, in North Hampton, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Anthony Ortiz Rivera, 3, right, with his mother Veronica Ortiz Rivera, of Camp LeJeune, N.C., wears a button showing his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Javier Ortiz Rivera, who was killed serving in Afghanistan in 2010, as they wait for U.S. President Barack Obama to speak at a Memorial Day service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Veterans of Foreign Wars honor guards salute during the playing of "Taps" as President Barack Obama participates in the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama speaks during the Memorial Day ceremony in the amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Morning light falls on the San Francisco National Cemetery with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, on Memorial Day in San Francisco, Monday, May 30, 2011. Among the 30,000 Americans laid to rest here are Civil War generals, Medal of Honor recipients, Buffalo Soldiers, and a Union spy. The first known burial at the cemetery located in the Presidio occurred in 1854. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Riders with the Nassau-Suffolk Horsemen Association in civil war uniform lead spectators on a march through Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn for the Pre-Memorial day ceremonies, Sunday, May 29, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Liz Mueller and husband Bill Mueller of Bridgeville, Pa., visit the grave of her father, John P. Lesica in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Bridgeville, Pa., Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tiffany Sanders of Bethel Park sits next to the grave of her grandfather Charles W. Ligo, an Army veteran who served in Korea, in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Bridgeville, Pa., Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Vietnam War veteran Michael Gaughan is seen before a Memorial Day parade Monday, May 30, 2011, in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm, Michael Mullen participate in the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

HENDERSON, NV - MAY 29: Roman Porrino, son of television personality Angel Porrino, runs holding an American flag at a Memorial Day weekend pool party at Ravella at Lake Las Vegas May 29, 2011 in Henderson, Nevada. His second birthday was on May 28. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Ravella at Lake Las Vegas)

President Barack Obama, left, stands with Maj. Gen. Karl Horst, commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)