In-town pool note #4 - wreath ceremony

POTUS approached the tomb at 11.25amaccompanied by VPOTUS, SECDEF and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The four raised their hands for a salute and held them while a military band played the Star Spangled Banner.

POTUS placed the wreath at 11.28am, and stood in front of it for a moment. He, Vance, Hegseth, and the general raised their hands again for a salute with their eyes closed.

The ceremony concluded at 11.32am, POTUS is in the visitors center while we move.

Pool spotted Peter Navarro, Tulsi Gabbard, Lee Zeldin, Ricky Buria among the spectators behind POTUS.

White House passes on:

Some Attendees:

The Vice President

Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense

Secretary Scott Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Secretary Doug Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Administrator Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Director Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence

General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

MG Trevor Bredenkamp, Commanding General of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the U.S. Military District of Washington

Karen Durham-Aguilera, Executive Director of the Office of Army Cemeteries

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Steff Chávez

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