UNIONDALE, N.Y.—Former President Donald Trump said that he would designate Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 attacks in Manhattan, as a national monument if reelected.

“As president, I will officially make the Ground Zero site at the World Trade Center a national monument ... so that hallowed ground and the memory of all who perished there will be preserved for all time,” Trump said.

Trump delivered the remarks during a rally in Uniondale, New York, a city on Long Island.

The rally comes just three days after an apparent assassination attempt was averted by the Secret Service at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, and marks his first major rally since the event. He held a town hall the day before.

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