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Bush, Kerry Mark Memorial Day at Observances

By Pam Fessler

Published May 31, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Both President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry take part in Memorial Day services to honor America's war dead. The president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery, while Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

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