Paris —
The United States renews its sacred obligation to memorialize its fallen heroes on the soil where they rest for eternity, President Donald J. Trump said Nov. 11 at Suresnes American Cemetery in France, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day.
“Exactly 100 years ago today, on Nov. 11, 1918, World War I came to an end, thank God. It was a brutal war,” the president said. “Millions of American, French and Allied troops had fought with extraordinary skill and valor in one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.”
Trump said he came to honor American and French service members who died during the Great War.
In the United States, Armistice Day is now known as Veterans Day, Trump said.
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and other senior government and military leaders attended the annual Nov. 11 National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participated in the 100th Armistice Day commemoration in Paris at the Arc de Triomphe with Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and some 80 other heads of state.
Dunford also attended ceremonies at World War I gravesites of U.S. servicemen at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near the site of the Battle of Belleau Wood in Belleau, France; and the Suresnes American…
