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Members of the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps perform during a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., Aug 11, 2015. Since September 1956, marching and musical units from Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., have presented sunset parades in the shadow of the 32-foot high figures of the memorial.

SUNSET PARADE

Members of the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps perform during a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., Aug 11, 2015. Since September 1956, marching and musical units from Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., have presented sunset parades in the shadow of the 32-foot high figures of the memorial.

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