next week on first ladies, the wife of benjamin harrison. she gave the first speech by by a sitting first lady. she became a member of the daughters of the american revolution. you can see it live next monday night at 9:00 eastern. on c-span3 and c-span radio. find out more about america s first ladies on our website, with videos and biographies. the firstbook about ladies published by c-span and the white house historical association. get your copy. c-span, created by america s cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television providers. on this memorial day, the president visited arlington national cemetery. he honored the country s fallen service members. was chuck hagel and the chief of staff. this is a half-hour. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ladies and gentlemen, chaplin braden. let us pray. , we ask that your presidents be upon us in this day. we as a nation come together on this hollowed ground to
when president grover cleveland and his bride to be came down what was then about large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. they would have proceeded on the hallway, the music started up at the east side behind us here, where the united states marine band was assembled. the famous john philip sousa played the wedding march as the happy couple can down the hallway. they would have passed through these doors, these very same mahogany doors. come and the room, a different chandelier here, they would stood under the chandelier. said their vows. an enormous amount of flowers in the room brought from the white house conservatory. a large table where the sofa is now is a stream of potted plants and potted plants underneath. flowers were hung suspended from the moldings. the mantelpiece was covered with flowers. the fireplace was full of red begonias. it was a very brief ceremony, an evening ceremony. the assembled throng just went down to the easte