WASHINGTON (AP) Melania Trump didn’t let the coronavirus pandemic break a decades-long tradition of first ladies visiting a Washington children’s hospital at the holidays.
On Tuesday, she made her fourth and final holiday visit as first lady to Children’s National Hospital.
“Wonderful to be here,” she said. “This is one of my favorite events during the holiday season.”
During each of her visits, Mrs. Trump said she has seen that the spirit of Christmas is alive in each of the children, who are battling medical conditions.
Every year I cherish my visit to @ChildrensNatl to read a holiday story to the children & meet with the dedicated & inspiring healthcare professionals. This will be my 4th holiday visit there & I look forward to spending time again with so many brave children & their families. pic.twitter.com/oHWRAW368d
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(Photo : Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: U.S. first lady Melania Trump waves during her visit at Children’s National Hospital December 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. The first lady participated in an annual tradition to bring joy to the patients at the hospital for the holiday season.
Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Melania Trump did not let that break the streak of first ladies visiting a Washington children s hospital as it is a decades-long tradition during the holidays.
The visit made by the First Lady was her fourth and last holiday visit to the Children s National Hospital on Tuesday before exiting the White House.
WASHINGTON: Melania Trump isn t letting the coronavirus pandemic break a decades-long tradition of first ladies visiting a Washington children s hospital at the holidays. She planned her fourth and final holiday visit as first lady to Children s National on Tuesday, continuing a tradition begun more than 70 years ago by first lady Bess Truman. The hospital tweaked the holiday program to safely accommodate the visit. The first lady will still sit in a chair in front of a towering Christmas tree in the hospital s atrium. But she ll read to a small, socially distanced group of children rather than a big crowd of patients and their families, hospital staffers and singers and dancers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) Melania Trump didn’t let the coronavirus pandemic break a decades-long tradition of first ladies visiting a Washington children’s hospital at the holidays.
On Tuesday, she made her fourth and final holiday visit as first lady to Children’s National Hospital.
“Wonderful to be here,” she said. “This is one of my favorite events during the holiday season.”
During each of her visits, Mrs. Trump said she has seen that the spirit of Christmas is alive in each of the children, who are battling medical conditions.
Updated: 8:38 AM PST, December 16, 2020
The hospital said they adjusted the event program this year to be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
First Lady Melania Trump hasn’t let the coronavirus pandemic stop her from the decades-old tradition of visiting Children’s National Hospital during the holiday season. The visits just look a little different this year. The hospital said they adjusted the event program to be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Associated Press reported.
The First Lady sat in a chair in front of the hospital’s Christmas tree inside their atrium to do her annual book reading, but the crowd was much smaller than years before. This year, there were a handful of people, when there is usually staff, families and patients present. Two patients, 6-year-old Riley Whitney and 8-year-old Sofia Martinez, sat in from of Trump as she read to them, the AP reported.