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President Donald Trump honored fallen American heroes and praised God during a Memorial Day code astatine Arlington National Cemetery successful Virginia connected Monday, vowing to "fix" the republic founded astir 250 years ago.
"We gathered contiguous to grant the unthinkable service members who remainder successful glory successful this cemetery and burial grounds astir the world, and successful a 1000 lonely places known lone to God successful each hr of peril and each infinitesimal of crisis," Trump said. "American warriors person near down the blessings of location and household to reply their nation's call. They've offered each that they had wrong them and fixed their past breaths to each and each 1 of us, that we mightiness unrecorded harmless and respire free.
"This greeting we wage tribute to their immortal deeds. We stock successful the sorrow of their beloved families, and arsenic 1 nation, we springiness acknowledgment for the eventual acquisition they person truthful selflessly fixed to each of us, these warriors. And that's what they are arsenic great, large warriors picked up their mantle of work and service, knowing that to unrecorded for others meant ever that they mightiness dice for others."
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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance salute during the 157th National Memorial Day Observance astatine Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, successful Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The president said Memorial Day 2025 "is particularly important arsenic we commemorate 250 years since the archetypal American Patriots fell connected the tract of conflict 2 and a fractional centuries ago."
"At Lexington Green, Concord Bridge, Bunker Hill, brave minutemen and humble workplace boys became the archetypal to springiness their lives for a federation that did not yet person a name," Trump said. "Those young men could ne'er person known what their sacrifice would mean to us, but we surely cognize what we beryllium to them. Their valor gave america the freest, top and astir noble republic ever to beryllium connected the look of the earth."
He added: "A republic that I americium fixing aft a agelong and hard 4 years. That was a hard 4 years we went through. Who would fto that happen? People pouring done our borders unchecked. People doing things that are indescribable and not for contiguous to discuss, but the republic, that is present doing truthful precise well. We're doing truthful precise good close now, considering the circumstances, and we'll bash record-setting amended with time.
"We volition bash amended than we've ever done arsenic a nation, amended than ever before. I committedness you that."
Trump recognized the surviving household members successful attendance of several fallen soldiers who helium mentioned by name, including veterans who died successful the enactment of work successful Vietnam, Iraq and Syria.
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Maj. Gen. Trevor Bredenkamp be a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremonial astatine the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, astatine Arlington National Cemetery, Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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In remembering their stories, the president besides promised a "big, large celebration" adjacent twelvemonth commemorating the 250th day of the federation and thanked God that helium would beryllium successful bureau to observe the important milestone.
"These bonzer American heroes and their immense and eventual sacrifices. They connection lone the faintest glimpse astatine the infinite grace we person received from each who laid down their lives for America implicit the past 250 years. We're going to person a big, large celebration. As you know, 250 years," Trump said.
"In immoderate ways, I'm gladsome I missed that 2nd word wherever it was due to the fact that I wouldn't beryllium president for that," helium added, drafting immoderate laughter. "Most important of all, successful addition, we person the World Cup and we person the Olympics. Can you imagine? I missed that 4 years. And present look what I have. I person everything amazing. The mode things enactment out."
President Donald Trump astatine the 157th National Memorial Day Observance astatine Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, successful Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
"God did that. I judge that too. He did that," Trump said, crediting divine involution aft helium mislaid re-election successful 2020 and aboriginal was reelected successful 2024.
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"In immoderate country of this cemetery, astatine immoderate resting spot for our warfare dead, anyplace connected Earth, you'll find untold stories of adjacent heroism, heroism and heartbreak, unmatched patriotism and devotion, and acts of selflessness and courageousness truthful tremendous they defy comprehension," Trump said. "We salute them successful their eternal and everlasting glory. And we proceed our relentless pursuit of America's destiny arsenic we marque our federation stronger, prouder, freer and greater than ever before.
"May God bless our fallen heroes. May God bless our Gold Star families, and whitethorn God bless the United States of America."
Danielle Wallace is simply a breaking quality and authorities newsman astatine Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and connected X: @danimwallace.
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