EditorialStanding at the gravestone of her former husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, N.C., hugs her sons Christian Jacobs and Brayden Jacobs-Mac, as she explains to Christian for the first time how she heard about his father's death, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialStanding at the gravestone of her former husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, N.C., hugs her sons Christian Jacobs and Brayden Jacobs-Mac, as she explains to Christian for the first time how she heard about his father's death, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialStanding at the gravestone of her former husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, N.C., hugs her sons Christian Jacobs and Brayden Jacobs-Mac, as she explains to Christian for the first time how she heard about his father's death, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialStanding at the gravestone of her former husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, N.C., hugs her sons Christian Jacobs and Brayden Jacobs-Mac, as she explains to Christian for the first time how she heard about his father's death, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialStanding at the gravestone of her former husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, N.C., hugs her sons Christian Jacobs and Brayden Jacobs-Mac, as she explains to Christian for the first time how she heard about his father's death, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialStanding at the gravestone of her former husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, N.C., hugs her sons Christian Jacobs and Brayden Jacobs-Mac, as she explains to Christian for the first time how she heard about his father's death, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialStanding at the gravestone of her former husband, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, Brittany Jacobs of Hertford, N.C., hugs her sons Christian Jacobs and Brayden Jacobs-Mac, as she explains to Christian for the first time how she heard about his father's death, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 29, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialRoses are left on a gravestone in memory of the Hardy Tree at St. Pancras Old Church in London on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. (Mary Turner/The New York Times)