Memorial service for Trump's younger brother held at White House

A memorial service for President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, was held at the White House on Friday. The casket was brought down the White House portico steps following a private memorial service held in the East Room. It is a rare event for the East Room to be used for funeral events, outside of a ceremony for a deceased president. There is precedent, however. In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison utilized the East Room for funeral services for the wife and daughter of his Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Tracy. The two women were killed in a fire.