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| © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. first lady Melania Trump heads back into the White House after hosting the 140th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn April 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. The White House said they are expecting 30,000 children and adults to participate in the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by… |
By Kate Bennett, CNN
First lady Melania Trump is going to a gala at Ford's Theatre on Sunday evening.
Trump will attend the annual gala and will make brief remarks at its conclusion, her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, tells CNN.
Both Melania and President Donald Trump attended the gala last year, but with the President in Singapore for his upcoming summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, the first lady will attend this year's event solo.
On Wednesday, Trump made her first public appearance in front of press cameras in 26 days, attending a hurricane preparedness briefing at FEMA. She had what the president described as a "big operation" for a kidney condition on May 14.
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