ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is DAY TO DAY.  I'm Alex Chadwick.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Across the Potomac River from Washington, DC, today, President Bush laid      a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery.      This is one of the most solemn national traditions of Memorial Day, when      Americans honor the war dead.  The president spoke shortly after the      ceremony.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: President GEORGE W. BUSH:  In our national cemetery, we receive the      fallen in sorrow and we taken them to an honored place to rest.  Looking      across this field, we see the scale of heroism and sacrifice.  All who      are buried here understood their duty, all stood to protect America and      all carried with them memories of a family that they hoped to keep safe      by their sacrifice.  At a distance, their headstones look alike, yet      every son or daughter, mom or dad who visits will always look first at      one.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: More than 1,600 American servicemen and women have died in the      conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The president acknowledged that      today's holiday is particularly poignant for their families.</s>Pres. BUSH: For those who've lost loved ones in Afghanistan and Iraq,      today's a day of last letters and fresh tears.  Because of the sacrifices      of our men and women in uniform, two terror regimes are gone forever,      freedom is on the march and America is more secure.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: President Bush, speaking today at Arlington National Cemetery.
President Bush lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Noting the sacrifices of servicemen and women lost in Afghanistan and Iraq, he said: "Two terrorist regimes are gone forever. Freedom is on the march and America is more secure."