Biden honors fallen US servicemembers

WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President Joe Biden Monday is ready to honor fallen U.S. service members on Memorial Day.

The president is predicted to be joined on Monday by first woman Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff in a somber ceremony on the Virginia cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is devoted to the fallen U.S. service members whose stays haven’t been recognized. Biden will then ship remarks on the day. He has attended the Arlington ceremony almost yearly for decade.

NewsNation will dwell stream the ceremony and Biden’s remarks within the participant above.

Hours earlier than the ceremony, the president and first woman attended a memorial Mass for Beau Biden, who died of mind most cancers seven years in the past Monday. Beau additionally was a veteran, a private connection the older Biden has drawn upon previously on Memorial Day. Beau Biden served two phrases as Delaware’s legal professional normal earlier than declaring a run for governor. He additionally served in Delaware’s Nationwide Guard.

This yr’s Memorial Day comes simply months after the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan, which marked the tip of America’s longest struggle.

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