During his second
Memorial Day trip to Arlington National Cemetery, President Trump laid a wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. During customary remarks following the
wreath laying ceremony, he recognized military figures including Bob Dole, the
former senator from Kansas; 106-year-old Navy veteran Ray Chavez, the oldest
living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor; and a little boy named Christian
Jacobs whose daddy is buried on the sacred soil of Section 60 in Arlington.
Last year little
Christian showed President Trump his father’s grave. The President called it “a moment I will never forget.”
Christian's dad, Marine
Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs was killed at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center Twentynine Palms, CA on October 24, 2011 during a training exercise.
Christian was only eight months old when his daddy was killed.
"He looked me
square in the eyes and gave me a firm handshake," President Trump said
regarding their 2017 Memorial Day meeting. "That 6-year-old stood strong
and tall and proud in front of the Commander-in-Chief just as his dad would
have wanted. It's extraordinary."
Heart-wrenching photographs
of Christian and his mom Brittany visiting his father's grave at Arlington have
been snapped by Defense Department photographers for at least the last three
years.
According to Military.com,
it was unclear whether the pair had ever spent time with former President Obama
during his Arlington Memorial Day visits.
Last year, a little boy dressed as a Marine boldly walked up to President Trump at Arlington National Cemetery and asked if he wanted to meet his father. What happened next has stuck with the president to this day 🇺🇸https://t.co/2g5Ln0BFcW pic.twitter.com/VP39ogkcZY— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 28, 2018
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