lady liberty beautifully standing watch and the intrepid, we ll be live there coming up as we celebrate the men and women who make the sacrifice for our great nation. you re watching fox and friends first on monday morning. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. we ve heard from so many great peep whole have served. today is about honoring them, but especially today. as everyone is enjoying their day off and barbecues and family time, remember why we re able to do that today. todd: if you missed your interview last hour, it was beautiful, very touching on a day like today. rolling to remember returning to washington yesterday honoring heroes who paid the ultimate price. veterans and bikers bearing flags and the names of fallen friends and family. we need to remember where we came from and who we are as a people. without these people that fought for our country, we wouldn t be here today. todd: the ride becoming a memorial day tradition in washington starting i
regular gasoline holding steady at record $4.61 per gallon, that is up 44 cents from that time last month and $1.50 higher than it was last year, ash. ashley: not good. each memorial day, elite group of guard members hold special responsibilities to honor fallen comrades in washington. paul mcroy is joining us now. tell us how you are paying respects to those who sacrificed everything for our freedom? this morning there is going to be a tomb wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown. we also do a wreath laying at the u.s. navy memorial in the capitol region. there is a couple parades that all of the different service branch guards will be partaking in to pay tribute to our fallen