Visitors to the Senator John Heinz History Center participate in a flag-folding ceremony in honor of Memorial Day on Monday, May 29, 2017 at the museum’s grand hall in the Strip District. The 36 foot long flag weighs about 40 pounds.(Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Saxophone player Sabria Davis, center, 17, of the North Side, laughs as she prepares to march with other members of the Barack Obama Academy marching band in the Lawrenceville Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29, 2017. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Isabella Coyne, front, 7, of Ross, and her sister, Hailey, center, 10, reach out to catch candy as they watch the Lawrenceville Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29, 2017. The girls’ family grew up in Lawrenceville and returns for the parade annually. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)The Shriners zip along Butler St. as they drive their tiny cars in the Lawrenceville Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29, 2017. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)O’Ryan “The O’Mazing” Arrowroot gives high fives to the crows along Butler St. as he walks in the Lawrenceville Memorial Day parade dressed as Uncle Sam on Monday, May 29, 2017. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Janet Interthao, left, 64, of Ross Township, looks at military objects with her father, World War II Navy veteran Bernie Stephan, 88, of Millville, as they celebrate Memorial Day together on Monday, May 29, 2017 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. “He’s a real history buff and he’s real proud of being in the war and serving his country,” said Interthao of her father. The pair visits Soldiers and Sailors most years to mark the holiday, but last year they celebrated in Washington, D.C. where Mr. Stephan was invited to place the ceremonial wreath at the World War II monument for the Navy. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Lauren Smith, front, 7, of Cranberry Township, Justin Lin, 7, of Moon, and Mckenzie Ross, right, 12, of Highland Park, crawl on the cannon in the front lawn of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum as they visit with their families for the museum’s Memorial Day festivities on Monday, May 29, 2017 in Oakland. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Curator and re-enactor Michael Kraus, left, directs children to wave at a helicopter as he leads a game of “Captain Says” during his “Captain Kraus Challenge,” part of the Memorial Day festivities at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum on Monday, May 29, 2017 in his neighborhood of Oakland. Kraus wore a recreation of a Civil War Union captain’s uniform to lead children through some “drills.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
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