Memorial Day weekend 2014

**Barack Obama** President Barack Obama arrives to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

**Barack Obama** President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

**Barack Obama** President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

**Barack Obama** President Barack Obama speaks at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

**Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel** President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel bow their head in prayer during a ceremony on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

**Vietnam Veterans Memorial** Items are left for loved ones at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, Saturday, May 24, 2014, ahead of Memorial Day Monday. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

**Philippines US Memorial Day** U.S. and Filipino troopers hold their respective flags during the entrance of colors at the U.S. Memorial Day ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, May 25, 2014. The cemetery site contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead of World War II, a total of 17,202, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

**Chuck Hagel, Bob Dole, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Vogel, Fred Smith** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at a 10th anniversary ceremony for the WWII Memorial in Washington, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Seated, from left are, former North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole, her husband, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Fred Smith, National Co-Chairman, World War II Memorial, and Bob Vogel, Superintendent of the National Mall & Memorial Parks. The Lincoln Memorial is in the background. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

**Vietnam Veterans Memorial** A rose is left for a loved one at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, Saturday, May 24, 2014, ahead of Memorial Day Monday. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

**Georgia Daily Life** People fish on a small lake during the Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 25, 2014, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

**John Walaszek** John Walaszek, of Old Bridge, N.J., is surrounded by flags for Memorial Day, as he walks in the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, N.J., Sunday, May 25, 2014. Military veteran Walaszek visited the grave of his wife, Sunday. (Mel Evans)

**Rolling Thunder** Army Pfc. Colin Morris, left, and Marine Cpl. Zach Powers, center, salute participates of Rolling Thunder 'Ride for Freedom' event in Washington, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

**Philippines US Memorial Day** An American visitor buttons his "Barong," the Philippine native shirt, beside marble walls engraved with names of fallen U.S. soldiers as they attend U.S. Memorial Day ceremonies at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, May 25, 2014. The cemetery site contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead of World War II, a total of 17,202, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

**Philippines US Memorial Day** American veterans and their companions walk towards marble walls engraved with names of fallen U.S. soldiers as they attend U.S. Memorial Day ceremonies at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, May 25, 2014. The cemetery site contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead of World War II, a total of 17,202, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

**Philippines US Memorial Day** Americans walk along graves of fallen U.S. soldiers as they attend U.S. Memorial Day ceremonies at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, May 25, 2014. The cemetery site contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead of World War II, a total of 17,202, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

**APTOPIX Philippines US Memorial Day** A Philippine trooper plays taps beside marble walls engraved with names of fallen U.S. soldiers, during U.S. Memorial Day ceremonies at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, May 25, 2014. The cemetery site contains the largest number of graves of U.S. military dead of World War II, a total of 17,202, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A woman strolls along Rehoboth Beach a few days before the start of the Memorial Day holiday. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

One of the more than 170 new signs posted in Rehoboth Beach this year describes the city's new, expanded smoking restrictions. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

This is one of the new, designated smoking areas on Rehoboth Beach, located far from the water. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

Who's coming here this weekend? @WTOP #Rehoboth pic.twitter.com/1FyMocYyeP
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) May 20, 2014

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A new traffic light and pedestrian crossing at 54th Street is among the new additions to Ocean City's Coastal Highway this year. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

Barn 34 is a new restaurant built in a renovated barn at 34th Street and Coastal Highway in Ocean City. The barn used to house a Christmas shop. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

The upstairs bar area at Barn 34. The bar and restaurant is owned by the same family that ran the Pirate's Den, a popular breakfast spot that closed to make way for a new hotel. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

Two men play ping pong on the second floor of Barn 34 underneath a sign saved from the owners' previous restaurant. Barn 34 is among the new arrivals, which will greet returning beachgoers this summer. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

.@Pharrell are you here? @WTOP @WTOPLiving @OCMaryland pic.twitter.com/CtfFsrCAjS
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) May 20, 2014

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Gulls, neon teeshirts, funnel cakes & wind in your hair. It must be the boardwalk in @OCMaryland @WTOP pic.twitter.com/g2zIeUtkQG
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) May 20, 2014

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Just checked out a #Fenwick favorite, known for its fudge, and this tasty stuff @WTOP pic.twitter.com/mGZ5kqNyU9
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) May 20, 2014

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This place is gonna be packed this weekend... @WTOP #Dumsers @OCMaryland pic.twitter.com/5abvI9kplF
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) May 19, 2014

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I'm in @OCMaryland, where a new, huge craft brewery is opening soon. Details to come! @WTOP @WTOPLiving pic.twitter.com/AiY5GTGcBG
— Michelle Basch (@mbaschWTOP) May 19, 2014

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