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Transition Live Updates: Trump Plans Arlington Cemetery Visit and Rally on Eve of Inauguration [View all]
Transition Live Updates: Trump Plans Arlington Cemetery Visit and Rally on Eve of Inauguration
• President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to visit Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday for the first time since he appeared for a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. During that visit, a member of Mr. Trump’s staff pushed an Arlington official who was trying to stop the campaign from filming in a heavily restricted area of the cemetery, according to Army officials.
• Mr. Trump is later scheduled to hold a rally for his supporters at Capital One Arena, blocks from the National Mall, his first such address in Washington, D.C., since his speech at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump will also attend a candlelight dinner with supporters that evening.
• Three of the world’s richest people, as well as foreign dignitaries, tech and business executives, former presidents, performers and other celebrities are on the guest list for Mr. Trump’s inauguration on Monday, even as much of the midday ceremony has been moved indoors amid forecasts of extreme cold. Read more ›
• President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to visit Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday for the first time since he appeared for a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. During that visit, a member of Mr. Trump’s staff pushed an Arlington official who was trying to stop the campaign from filming in a heavily restricted area of the cemetery, according to Army officials.
• Mr. Trump is later scheduled to hold a rally for his supporters at Capital One Arena, blocks from the National Mall, his first such address in Washington, D.C., since his speech at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump will also attend a candlelight dinner with supporters that evening.
• Three of the world’s richest people, as well as foreign dignitaries, tech and business executives, former presidents, performers and other celebrities are on the guest list for Mr. Trump’s inauguration on Monday, even as much of the midday ceremony has been moved indoors amid forecasts of extreme cold. Read more ›
Veterans Day snowstorm, 1987:
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/11/10/weathermen-recall-the-record-veterans-day-snowstorm-that-totally-fooled-them-30-years-ago/
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