‘Thank you, Jane’: Trump gives gratitude to tearful widow of slain Army sniper and honors deceased son of Gen. John Kelly, others who made ‘ultimate sacrifice’ in emotional Memorial Day tribute at Arlington

Monday, May 29, 2017
By Paul Martin

President Trump delivered his first Memorial Day address Monday
He placed a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery
He hailed ‘Gold Star’ families and mentioned service members who gave their lives
Among those he mentioned was the late son of homeland security secretary Gen. John Kelly
Trump tweeted about Memorial Day on Monday morning, honoring service members who gave their lives
Vice President Mike Pence greeted the Project Hero Memorial Day Bike Ride and also heads to Arlington

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor
DailyMail.com
29 May 2017

President Donald Trump honored those who lost their lives serving the nation as he participated in a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday and told emotional stories of just a few who perished.

‘Here at this hallowed shrine we honor the noblest among us – the men and the women who paid the ultimate price for victory and for freedom,’ Trump told a crowd of families, military personnel, and dignitaries at Arlington on Monday in his first Memorial Day speech as president.

‘We pay tribute to those brave souls who raced into gunfire, roared into battle and ran into hell to face down evil. They made their sacrifice not for fame or for money or even for glory, but for country,’ Trump said.

Among those whose stories Trump shared was Army Specialist Christopher Horton, an Oklahoma Army Guard member who died in Afghanistan. He was a sniper known ‘as one of the best shots anywhere at any time,’ the president said, but died during a deployment in 2011.

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