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The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor — a temporary installation honoring the more than 600,000 American service members who gave their lives in service to the nation since World War I — is back at the National Mall in Washington for Memorial Day weekend.

The wall, embedded with more than 600,000 poppies in honor of American war dead since World War I, has been a part of the D.C. Memorial Day observance since 2017.

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., May 26, 2023.

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., May 26, 2023. (Joe Gromelski/Special to Stars and Stripes)

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