--- title: Trump Honors Fallen Soliders on Memorial Day: Watch Online description: Trump will mark Memorial Day in a similar way to his predecessors: commemorating fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery canonical: https://time.com/4797206/memorial-day-donald-trump-arlington-national-cemetery-watch-online/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-29T14:02:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:09:12.443Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: President Trump Honors Fallen Soliders on Memorial Day og:description: He will speak at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier og:url: https://time.com/4797206/memorial-day-donald-trump-arlington-national-cemetery-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54092dd435d90382/6988cf3a97cdff113d6b0e8e/trump11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. President Trump delivers remarks to U.S. troops at the Naval Air Station Sigonella before returning to Washington D.C. at Sigonella Air Force Base in Sigonella og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: President Trump Honors Fallen Soliders on Memorial Day twitter:description: He will speak at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54092dd435d90382/6988cf3a97cdff113d6b0e8e/trump11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: President Trump Observes Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson May 29, 2017 2:02 PM UTC  President Trump delivers remarks to U.S. troops at the Naval Air Station Sigonella before returning to Washington D.C. at Sigonella Air Force Base in Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. President Trump delivers remarks to U.S. troops at the Naval Air Station Sigonella before returning to Washington D.C. at Sigonella Air Force Base in Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017.Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson May 29, 2017 2:02 PM UTC President Donald Trump will mark Memorial Day in a similar way to [his predecessor](http://time.com/3895672/memorial-day-2015-barack-obama/?iid=sr-link1) — commemorating fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The President will give remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery, which houses the graves of more than 400,000 soldiers who died in active duty, veterans and their families. Former [President John F. Kennedy](http://time.com/4187131/janet-travell/) and William Howard Taft are buried there, as are multiple Supreme Court justices and notable military figures like Admiral William F. Halsey and General George Marshall. Trump will speak at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a monument dedicated to the unidentified soldiers killed overseas, according to the Associated Press. He will be joined by [Vice President Mike Pence,](http://time.com/4739676/mike-pence-seoul-north-korea-kim/) Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford. Jr. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/869170615881793536) The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. E.T. 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