Disrespecting Our Fallen Heroes!

Once again, Donald J. Trump has shown he has no remorse whatsoever. He has shown he puts himself above everyone and everything else.

I want to start off with an apology to everyone. I’ve been thinking about this ever since it occurred, and, honestly, I’ve been so pissed off about this incident, I couldn’t write anything. If I did, I’d be out in jail for writing what I was thinking! Now, with that said, and my having a bit of wits about me, I think I can write this in a sensible manner.

I want to start off talking about Arlington National Cemetery.

Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. Over 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington County, Virginia.

Arlington National Cemetery was established on May 13, 1864, during the American Civil War after Arlington Estate, the land on which the cemetery was built, was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's family following a tax dispute over the property. The cemetery is managed by the U.S. Department of the Army. As of 2024, it conducts approximately 27 to 30 funerals each weekday and between six and eight services on Saturday.

In April 2014, Arlington National Cemetery Historic District, including Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington House, Memorial Drive, the Military Women's Memorial, and Arlington Memorial Bridge, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Cemetery is divided into 70 sections, with some sections in the southeast and western part of the cemetery reserved for future expansion. Section 60, in the southeast part of the cemetery, is the burial ground for military personnel killed in the "war on terror" since 2001. Section 21, also known as the Nurses Section, is the burial site for many nurses, and the location of the Spanish–American War Nurses Memorial and the Nurses Memorial. Another section – Chaplains Hill – includes monuments to Jewish, Protestant, and Roman Catholic military chaplains.

The flags in the cemetery are flown at half-staff from a half-hour before the first funeral until a half hour after the last funeral each day. Funerals are normally conducted five days a week, excluding weekends.

Funerals, including interments and inurnments, average between 27 and 30 per day. The cemetery conducts approximately 6,900 burials each year.

With more than 400,000 interments, the cemetery has the second-largest number of burials of any national cemetery in the United States. The largest of the 130 national cemeteries is Calverton National Cemetery, on Long Island, near Riverhead, New York, which conducts more than 7,000 burials annually.

In addition to in-ground burial, the cemetery also has one of the larger columbaria for cremated remains in the country. Four courts are currently in use, each with 5,000 niches. When construction is complete, there will be nine courts with a total of 50,000 niches; capacity for 100,000 remains. Any honorably discharged veteran is eligible for inurnment in the columbarium, if they served on active duty at some point in their career (other than for training).

Respectful silence is requested at the Arlington National Cemetery.

In 2016, the cemetery announced policies and procedures that limit visitor access to the cemetery's grounds, some of which were thought to possibly create delays for visitors.

In September 2016, acting superintendent of the cemetery Patrick Hallinan announced that the cemetery was increasing security measures for its visitors. In addition to random identification checks and other security measures already in place, the cemetery would require pedestrians to enter at set access points: the main entrance on Memorial Avenue, the Ord and Weitzel gate, and the Old Post Chapel gate at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Before entering the cemetery through its main entrance, all pedestrians are now screened through the cemetery's Welcome Center. All vehicle access requires presenting valid, government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license or passport, when entering the cemetery. Vehicles are also subject to random inspections. Hallinan stated that these processes could result in delays when entering the cemetery.

Now, down to the ‘nitty-gritty’ of this fiasco Trump has created. Again, it’s a political stunt to make him money, and he doesn’t care who he disrespects, tears down, or the laws he violates to accomplish his goal.

Trump has repeatedly stated that this family ‘invited him’ to their loved one’s grave in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery to honor him on the anniversary of his passing. IF that’s true, Trump, being a past Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces, should have known the law. The Federal Law of cameras and filming of events at the Cemetery.

But, no, Trump saw this as an opportunity for a political point. The fallen located in Arlington National Cemetery are not Heroes to Trump. They are just the opposite! To Trump, those buried at Arlington National Cemetery are “Suckers” and “Losers”!

He took this opportunity to prove that he could once again break the law, and not one damn thing will be done about it. He took this opportunity to make himself a ‘campaign video’ and get himself some ‘campaign photos’ with a (most likely) unsuspecting family of this fallen soldier. This fallen Hero, located in the most sacred grounds of the United States!

Trump had the gall to give a ‘thumbs up’ and smile as he posed with the family so his picture could be taken at the gravesite.

I wonder f this family that invited him to the gravesite of their loved one knew he was going to violate Federal Law in doing this?

I wonder if the members of this family knew that a member of the Trump team was going to physically assault a worker of the Cemetery, a woman soldier, who was trying to get the group to adhere to the law?

I wonder if the members of this family know that Trump has now made them “Accessories to Federal Law violations” which took place that very day?

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  (A) from Arlington County (in this section referred to as the "County"), one or more parcels of real property in the area known as the Southgate Road right-of-way, Columbia Pike right-of-way, and South Joyce Street right-of-way located in Arlington County, Virginia; and (B) from the Commonwealth of Virginia (in this section referred to as the "Commonwealth"), one or more parcels of property in the area known as the Columbia Pike right-of-way, including the Washington Boulevard-Columbia Pike interchange, but excluding the Virginia Department of Transportation Maintenance and Operations Facility. ....”

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