Trump commemorates Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Fort McHenry
The president and first lady participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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President Trump, Vice President Pence and Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to pay their respects to the members of the U.S. military who died in service.
The president and first lady Melania Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery on Monday morning before traveling to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland.
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President Donald Trump salutes before placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, in honor of Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
"HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!" Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday morning.
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"TRANSITION TO GREATNESS! Get ready, it is already happening again!" he later wrote.
"Today, we honor the heroes we have lost. We pray for the loved ones they left behind," Trump said during the ceremony at Fort McHenry. "And with God as our witness, we renew our vow to love and protect and cherish this land they gave everything to defend."
This Memorial Day is especially somber as the U.S. begins reopening following more than 97,000 American coronavirus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Some demonstrators in North Carolina and Chicago plan to spend their Memorial Day protesting coronavirus lockdown measures.