Obama to honor fallen troops on Memorial Day

Motorcycles drive past on Memorial Bridge during the annual Rolling Thunder parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Motorcycles drive past on Memorial Bridge during the annual Rolling Thunder parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Members of Rolling Thunder salute during the presentation of colors during the annual Rolling Thunder rally on the National Mall ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Jackelynn Freund, 8, of San Diego, honors her grandmother, U.S. Navy veteran Jessie Coats, at her gravestone during a Memorial Day ceremony at the new Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Allen J. Schaben) NO FORNS; NO SALES; MAGS OUT; ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER OUT; LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; VENTURA COUNTY STAR OUT; INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN OUT; SAN BERNARDINO SUN OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT, TV OUT

Don Kengerski salutes as members of the Marine Corps League Flint Detachment #155 present the colors during the 7th annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Mich., on Sunday May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Lathan Goumas)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, the hallowed grounds of the nation's war dead.

Under sunny, blue skies, Obama stood at attention at the traditional playing of "Taps" after the wreath was presented. His appearance was the first of two Memorial Day outings. At a second event later Monday, Obama was to speak at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

He was joined at Arlington National Cemetery by first lady Michelle Obama.

Associated Press

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