Mother's Day

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A member of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard prepares for the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four who sacrificed in Vietnam.

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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard arrive to perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard arrive to perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A member of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard waits to perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Boyscout Jim McCrery, 15, of Washington, D.C., right, holds an American Flag as members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Jeanette Lilly, the mother of MIA 1st Lt. Lawrence Lilly stands for the Pledge of Allegiance at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Volunteer boy scouts carry out flags at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Retired Master Sgt. Randy Siverling [cq] wears a button for his brother Sgt. Dennis R. Siverling, one of four American servicemen who are honored at a Mother's Day ceremony and have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Master of Ceremony Harry Robinson, right, comforts Jeanette Lilly, the mother of MIA 1st Lt. Lawrence Lilly after she breaks down in tears while trying to speak about her son at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Master of Ceremony Harry Robinson, left, comforts Jeanette Lilly, the mother of MIA 1st Lt. Lawrence Lilly after she breaks down in tears while trying to speak about her son at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A woman in the audience wipes tears from her eyes during a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A member of the U.S. Army Band plays taps at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Anti-regime activists in Syria cover their faces with scarves in the colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag last month as they prepare a protest banner that reads in Arabic, "How would a mother be happy in the Eid (mother's day) while in each home we have a martyr?" With 60 percent of the Arab world's population under 25, protesters say they are working not just for regime change but for the dreams of their generation, on hold for now. (Associated Press)