Last Updated Jan 15, 2018 9:25 AM EST
Members of the Trump administration are honoring the memory of civil rights champion Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday as the nation commemorates MLK Day. Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, FBI Director Christopher Wray and King’s son, Martin Luther King III, are all expected to deliver remarks at the MLK Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.
A wreath laying will also take place to mark Dr. King’s 89th birthday.
Vice President Mike Pence had visited the MLK memorial on Sunday for private reflection with his wife Karen. The two laid a wreath of their own at the statue of Dr. King.
On Monday, the president’s daughter Ivanka and son Donald Jr. both shared messages honoring Dr. King on social media.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also shared a memory of the day, writing “Twenty years ago as a student at Central High I watched President Bill Clinton and my dad Mike Huckabee open the doors for the Little Rock Nine – the same doors that had previously been closed to them because they were black. A moment I’ll never forget.”
Meanwhile, President Trump is expected to return back the White House Monday evening after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Late Sunday evening he refuted claims that he was racist for using vulgar language to describe immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and African nations.
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