03 June, 2017
"Honoring the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to America. But if Americans just take the time to look into your eyes, and tell you how much we thank you, and how dearly we pray for you, and how truly test then hopefully you can find solace through your pain", Trump said. We can never repay them.
"The times when we could completely rely on others are, to an extent, over", said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Andrew D. Byers, a Green Beret officer killed in action in Afghanistan past year. John Kelly's other son, Johnny, is preparing for his fifth military deployment. A son-in-law, Jake, is a wounded warrior.
"Words can not measure the depth of their devotion, the purity of their love or the totality of their courage", Mr. Trump said, calling those who have served in the military "special, special people". "They died in war so that we could live in peace", Trump said, according to the New York Daily News. The playing of "Taps" echoed as Trump placed his hand over his heart and military officers saluted.
Stepping to the microphone to deliver the address, Trump seemed to relish the warm welcome from the audience gathered in the sun-splashed amphitheater. Trump walked among the white marble headstones and greeted families.
The president also thanked Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, whose son Robert was killed in Afghanistan in November 2010. Afterward, he visited a section of the cemetery where military members killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried.
Without a word, he slowly laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
It was a proud Memorial Day scene for every American who understands and appreciates the exceptionalism of his native or adopted land.
And the president recognized former U.S. Sen. Six-year-old Christian Jacobs' father, Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs, died during military training exercises in Twentynine Palms, Calif., in 2011.
President Donald Trump honored the USA service members who made the ultimate sacrifice by visiting Arlington National Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day Monday morning.
Hundreds in the metro came together at the Omaha National Cemetery on Schram Road to remember the fallen during it's first ever Memorial Day ceremony.
Response to Trump's speech on Memorial Day has been overwhelmingly positive, with ABC describing it as a "solemn tribute" and New York Magazine author Ed Kilgore calling it "entirely appropriate and occasionally eloquent".
