Trump Lays Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery Ceremony on Eve of Inauguration

Trump and Vance were accompanied by the president-elect’s family and Cabinet nominees for the wreath laying ceremony.
Trump Lays Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery Ceremony on Eve of Inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 19, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP Photo
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President-elect Donald Trump arrived at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan. 19 to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the eve of his second inauguration.

Trump’s motorcade arrived at Arlington National Cemetery at about 1:20 p.m. EDT on Jan. 19. Trump was accompanied by his daughters Ivanka and Tiffany Trump, son-in-law Jared Kushner, and son Donald Trump Jr. National security adviser Mike Waltz, secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth, secretary of state nominee Marco Rubio, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations nominee Elise Stefanik, and director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard also joined the president-elect and his family.

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