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President Donald Trump delivered a message at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to commemorate Memorial Day and honor America’s heroes.
The president joined Gold Star Families, servicemembers and members of his administration in a moving ceremony and speech in recognition of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to the United States.
“In every hour of peril and every moment of crisis, American warriors have left behind the blessings of home and family to answer their nation’s call. They’ve offered all that they had within them and given their last breaths to each and every one of us — that we might live safe and breathe free,” Trump said.
Vice President JD Vance also spoke during the event.
“Consider the sum of all the moments that make a good life, and now appreciate how countless strangers, people most of you never met, they gave up those moments in their own life so that we could enjoy them in ours, and that is what Memorial Day is all about … To them, we owe everything — and today, in the peace they bequeathed to us, we honor them,” he stated.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared his remarks about the unknown soldier.
“This is the story of the unknown — the story of the fallen soldier who we have gathered today to honor. It is the story of the American warrior. He answered the call, fought, and died for this Republic; the ultimate sacrifice of a free people,” Hegseth said.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine also spoke during the event.
“It’s in the lives of the fallen and their families that we’re left a standard to live by — a charge for us all to keep, a charge to carry the torch forward with duty, courage, and love of country,” Caine noted.
President Trump also participated in a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday. The full broadcast of Memorial Day event can be viewed here on RSBN.