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Criticisms of President Trump are often followed by comparisons to President Obama. That was the case following Veterans Day weekend in November 2018 as social media users shared a photograph of the 44th President at Arlington National Cemetery in the wake of President Trump's controversial decision to skip an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I: This is a genuine image of President Obama at Arlington National Cemetery. However, a number of social media users shared this photograph as if it were taken over the weekend in November 2018: This photograph was taken on a rainy Veterans Day in 2009 by Associated Press photograph Pablo Martinez Monsivais. It is available via the AP with the following the caption: Although this image was misrepresented as if it showed a recent event, the caption is largely accurate. After attending a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington, the 44th president made an unannounced visit to a section of the cemetery reserved for the veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Here's a contemporary report from the Associated Press: Contrary to the viral caption, however, President Obama was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama (and presumably some White House security). An image from White House photographer Pete Souza shows the Obamas during their visit to Section 60:
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