Field of flags displayed for Memorial Day, Boston, Massachusetts (© Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

【May 26 2014】Many cities have taken up the idea of a Memorial Day "field of flags" to honor U.S. enlisted personnel who died in combat. The idea is simple and powerful. Each flag represents one life, and the scenes are pretty sobering. For last year's display in Boston Common, there were 33,000 flags planted in a field. That's the number of Massachusetts natives who fell in service from the Civil War to the present. Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..