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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Delivering Keynote At Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony in DC Tues
https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/president-trump-to-speak-at-days-of-remembrance
During DOR, the Museum leads the nation in remembering the victims of the Holocaust and honoring the survivors. Every president since the Museum opened in 1993 (President Clinton, 1993 at the Museum dedication ceremony; President Bush, 2001; and President Obama, 2009) has participated in DOR commemorations. (Presidents Carter, 1979, and Reagan, 1981 and 1982, also participated.)
During the ceremony, six candles are lit by a Holocaust survivor accompanied by a member of Congress in memory of the victims. The annual observance also recognizes the American troops who liberated the Nazi concentration camps by opening with a procession of flags from each of the US Army liberating divisions.
MiniMe
(21,717 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,609 posts)I was going to say "facts" and speech writing by Sean Spicer. Trump will probably tell us, "Some of his best friends.......etc."
The99thTimeLord
(88 posts)What dumb shit will he say and embarrass us with?
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)If you can imagine it, Trump' s likely to do it.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Truth is stranger than fiction.
Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)Let's see if the asshole gets his shit together or fucks it up in a new and inventive way. Interesting I read this today as it is Yom HaShoah today.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)This one got more recs than I thought it would given the recent surge in anti-Semitism:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028682626
I don't know why Trump was invited but if it's because of tradition then maybe it's time to break with that particular one. When the sitting president refuses to address bigotry and appoints someone like Bannon to his cabinet we shouldn't try to normalize his actions.
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)Like everything elsa he touches
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...how the Fake Media refused to report on the record number of attendees were at his Inauguration?
Because at some point, you know it's going to be about him.