President Obama delivered his final Veterans Day address Friday at the 63rd annual National Veterans Day Observance.
It's an annual service honoring the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. armed forces during war and peacetime.
In light of the surprising victory by Donald Trump just days earlier, the president's words seemed to have greater meaning: "When the world makes you cynical, you look to a veteran."
Obama in #VeteransDay address: "Whenever the world makes you cynical… look to a veteran." https://t.co/sPOzGvUD4i https://t.co/MCEgsAqKOF
— CNN (@CNN) November 11, 2016
Obama paid tribute on Veterans Day.
Obama places the traditional wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
In honor of Veterans Day, Pres. Obama lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. https://t.co/TmEOTxecZx pic.twitter.com/O7EfOUDpfG
— ABC News (@ABC) November 11, 2016
Here Obama is laying the wreath at the Tomb before pausing for a moment of silence.
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