First lady Melania Trump Melania TrumpTrump privately blamed Black Americans for lacking initiative: report The Hill's 12:30 Report: Ginsburg lies in repose Melania Trump: Ginsburg's 'spirit will live on in all she has inspired' MORE will skip a public event at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, a day after she briefly returned to public life following an extended absence.

Trump will forego the "Celebration of America" at the White House, according to Stephanie Grisham, the communications director for the first lady.

Grisham noted that the first lady is expected to join President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE at a Federal Emergency Management Agency hurricane briefing on Wednesday.

Melania Trump's absence from Tuesday's event comes after she reemerged on Monday at a reception for military families, the first time she'd been seen following a 24-day absence from the public eye.

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Grisham did not say why Trump would not attend Tuesday's celebration, which was announced Monday after President Trump abruptly canceled a planned visit by the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team.

Melania Trump largely disappeared from public life last month after she underwent treatment for what her office described as a benign kidney condition.

The weeks that followed prompted speculation about where she was, although the first lady in a tweet criticized the media for "speculating" about her absence.