'Tens of thousands of service members and national guardsmen are on the front lines of our war against this terrible virus,' Trump said in a Memorial Day speech at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
American lives, President Donald Trump made Memorial Day visits to a military cemetery and a historic fort on Monday – and paid homage to service members responding to the coronavirus.
"I stand before you at this noble fortress of American liberty to pay tribute to the immortal souls who fought and died to keep us free," Trump said at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, where he and first lady Melania Trump held their hands over their hearts as a fife and drum corps played the national anthem.
"Tens of thousands of service members and national guardsmen are on the front lines of our war against this terrible virus," Trump said."As one nation, we mourn alongside every single family that has lost loved ones, including the families of our great Veterans." A few hundred people gathered outside at the fort, which was decorated with red, white and blue banners.as a military bugler played"Taps," Trump followed tradition by placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The brief ceremony honored"those who have died for our great Nation while serving in the US Armed Forces," the White House said in a statement.
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