President Joe Biden is honoring the US troops who sacrificed their lives for the country on Monday, visiting Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath and deliver his annual Memorial Day address.
Earlier, Mr. Biden hosted a Memorial Day breakfast for veterans at the White House.
Over the weekend, the president delivered a commencement address to cadets graduating from West Point, urging them to remember that they are the “guardians of democracy.”
“On your first day at West Point, you raised your right hand and swore, not to a political party, not to a president, but to the Constitution of the United States of America, against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” He he said.
On Friday, Biden issued a proclamation to recommit to honoring the memories of the fallen by “continuing their work to forge a more perfect Union.”
“We are the only nation in the world founded on the idea that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives,” the president's proclamation reads. “Generations of America's beloved sons and daughters have dared all, risked all, and given all for this idea. Today, as they lie in eternal peace, we continue to live in the light of freedom which continued to burn.”
How to watch President Biden's Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery
- What: President Biden lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and delivers a Memorial Day speech
- Date: May 27, 2024
- Time: 11:00 am ET
- Location: Arlington National Cemetery
- Streaming online: Live on CBS News in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device.
