Memorial Day News and Updates: Politicians and Hollywood Stars Paid Tribute to Military in their Styles!

By Zubera - 31 May '16 09:01AM
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As the long Memorial Day weekend and its celebration comes to an end we have many famous people paying tribute to the military in their own style.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Trump told a biker gear-clad crowd, many sporting military patches, that Memorial Day is "our day."

Trump claimed that his attending a military academy during high school years was essentially the same as serving. He also effectively dodged the draft during the Vietnam War with claims of bone spurs, educational deferments, and a high draft number.

"When you think of the great Gen. Patton and all of our great generals, they're spinning in their graves when they watch we can't beat ISIS," Trump said. He added later, "Our country doesn't win anymore; we don't win with military."

On the other hand Robert Downey Jr., Reese Witherspoon, Justin Timberlake and Others took it to Tweeter to pay tribute to the military on Memorial Day.

From Justin Timberlake to Courteney Cox, stars are thanking the troops for their service and honoring those who have died.

"Happy Memorial Day!" Robert Downey Jr. wrote on Twitter. "Eat, laugh, & remember those who sacrificed their lives for you to be able to do those things."

Added Reese Witherspoon: "To all brave souls who risked their lives for our country - today, we honor you. #MemorialDay."

And the President of America said, "The Americans who rest here and their families, the best of us, those from whom we asked everything ask of us today only one thing in return, that we remember them," in an address that followed a wreath-laying ceremony at the Virginia cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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