Gordon Jesme, Senior Vice Commander of VFW Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill. puts Old Glory flags on fire on Flag Day, Monday, June 14, during a flag retirement ceremony, at the VFW Post 4600 in McHenry, Ill.
Nick Lahowetz, 13, son of Paul Lahowetz of Omaha, Ne., learns how to use his father's double-barrel shotgun, Saturday, April 18, 2009, during a Civil War re-enactment near St. Joseph, Mo.
Twin brothers Jorgen, right, and Keenan Leuthauser, 7, of Lebanon, N.H. try to catch snow flakes with their tongues on December 5, 2009, outside the Hartford High School Ice Rink during a break of the hockey game between Hartford and Woodstock boys varsity teams.
A young man sits in a bus during a snowstorm, Wednesday, January 25, 2012, in Bucharest, Romania. The authorities issued a 24-hour Orange Code alert for snowstorms in the city as well as 17 counties across the country.
Ken Blaisdell of White River Junction Vt. paints a lamp shade inside his store on Thursday afternoon, September 10, 2009, in downtown White River Junction, Vt.. Blaisdell started to use brake rotors as lamp feet three months before and he considers that as a "break through" moment for him and his art. He calls the lamps that incorporate brake rotors the "Brake Lights".
Northwestern University campus, Evanston, Ill., Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
Actor Jean Claude Van Damme, top center, asks inmates to gather around him for a group photo during a visit to the Jilava penitentiary on Thursday, September 15, 2011, on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania. The Belgian actor spend a day filming for the movie "Six Bullets" in an old military fortified building located on the grounds of the penitentiary that is no longer used to house inmates.
Last day of Ramadan, Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at the Dinamo Stadium, in Bucharest, Romania.
Hartford, Vt., Saturday, October 26, 2009.
Katie Raleigh, 13, spends a considerable amount of time surrounded by guns. Her dad, Darin Raleigh of Mexico Mo. is a gunsmith and a gun dealer. Oblivious to the powerful weapons around her, Katie is absorbed by a Nintendo DS video game called Littlest Pets, during a gun show in Kansas City Mo., on Saturday, June 13, 2009.
A young man participates in Pietrosani village's annual horse race Friday, January 6, 2012 in Romania. Every year on January 6 villagers from Pietrosani take their horses to a field nearby to be baptized with holy water by greek orthodox priests. The ritual is supposed to grant the animals strength as well as protection from diseases and injuries throughout the following year. The race is part of the event that also represents a chance for the villagers to show off their horses and brag about their qualities.
A woman milks one of her cows on a pasture in Valcea county, near Romania's highest road, Transalpina (DN67C), September 2, 2011.