President Donald Trump delivered solemn remarks from Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day in America, honoring the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice to this country and enabling its freedom and prosperity. As his administration has done since the beginning, he invoked the Christian Bible as a source for wisdom, guidance, and solace to mark the occasion.
“Scripture tells us, ‘Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants.’ 400,000 souls rest on these grounds… in this sacred soil, which was first consecrated in the hour of America’s greatest Division to be an eternal symbol of our National Unity,” Trump said at one point.
“It cannot be by chance alone that the very first servicemember laid to rest here, in this place of supreme sacrifice, was a Union Soldier by the name of Private Christman—Private William Henry Christman of Pennsylvania, who died at 19 years old,” he continued, reminding everyone just how young so many patriots were who demonstrated unmatched courage and heroism.
“Beside him are more than 18,000 other young men named William, over 20,000 named John, over 13,000 named James, joined over time by Issacs, Elijahs, Earls, Hanks, Helens… and others whose names tell the true story of American Greatness,” he went on.
“Here, beneath arching trees and white stones, these many are made one again—united forever as brothers and sisters in arms, and children of our Father in Heaven,” the President of the United States stated. Watch that part of the service and speech below:
In another part of Trump’s address to the Arlington crowd, Trump went a step further and used the sacrifice made by selfless soldiers as an example of this country’s love of freedom and the moral good it does by remaining brave and strong.
“From 1776 to 2026, America has always stood as a great and moral cause. Our warriors are no mere mercenaries, they are guardian angels who stride across the battlefields of history and stand watch over the highest and most beautiful planes the human spirit has ever seen—holding the line between liberty and tyranny, between civilization and barbarism, between good and evil.
“Wherever the American Soldier walks, wherever he fights… and wherever he falls, he does it for the destiny of a nation like no other… and for the fate of Freedom on this earth…By their deaths, those who have gone before us in battle have redeemed the promise of our Founding for each future generation,” he declared.
“They’ve not just made the Ultimate Sacrifice, they have offered the Ultimate Proof that we Americans do indeed love Liberty. We do cherish the self-government given to us by our forefathers. We do believe with all our souls in the mission that God has given to America. And we do intend with all our strength and heart to hold high the torch our heroes handed to us—and we will never, ever let it fall,” he said.
Watch Trump give those powerful remarks below:
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