Scenes from Memorial Day Weekend 2017
Americans pay respects to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice this Memorial Day. Events, parades, fireworks and BBQ’s are just the beginning. *this post will be updated as additional events occur. (got something you’d like us to add? Post in the comments section!)c*
AFP posted a series of pictures Sunday showing people paying their respects at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
#MemorialDayWeekend scenes from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC pic.twitter.com/XyVgMvMzFL
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 28, 2017
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson geared-up and joined the 30th running of the Rolling Thunder
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mounts up to drive a Harley-Davidson on the 30th Anniversary of Rolling Thunder pic.twitter.com/oTn0ZFLGJO
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 28, 2017
Happening Now: #RollingThunder holds 30th annual "Ride For Freedom." #ProudAmerican pic.twitter.com/9MEngVdraw
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 28, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence’s motorcade took a lap at Sunday’s Indy 500.
WATCH: Mike Pence's motorcade does a lap at Indy 500 https://t.co/HN2QJQEtO8 pic.twitter.com/KIRmoehwMe
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 28, 2017
Very humbled by the warm and enthusiastic response as Karen and I took a lap around the historic @IMS. #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/z6BZIcBITq
— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@VP45) May 28, 2017
7,000 Combat Boots Line Fort Bragg Feild in North Carolina
7,000 Combat Boots Line Fort Bragg Field in Memory of Fallen Service Members #ProudAmerican https://t.co/iXUvLZl8pu pic.twitter.com/8bkojLCSF9
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 28, 2017
The U.S. House of Representatives released a video:
The 2017 Memorial Day Concert Aired Sunday from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol
https://youtu.be/MIuaIbTMBBc?t=47s
Vice President Pence Hosts the Annual Project Hero Memorial Day Bike Ride [Audio Only]
President Trump Speaks at Wreath Laying Ceremony – Arlington National Cemetery
President Trump honors fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery on #MemorialDay https://t.co/Y6QRYctcx3 pic.twitter.com/seO20JdSkV
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 29, 2017
President Trump Makes Special Trip to Graves of Iraq, Afghanistan War Soldiers https://t.co/1RKWlgmT5h pic.twitter.com/deQa3B1YXU
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 29, 2017
And some pay their respects at every opportunity.
This man spends his free time cleaning soldiers' gravestones — some of which date back to the Civil War https://t.co/I7vfjfga4Z pic.twitter.com/bydh5YHFqV
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 29, 2017