President Biden honors veterans at Arlington National Cemetery

The president delivered remarks and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony along with the first lady, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband.

President Joe Biden lays a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2022, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

ARLINGTON, Texas – President Joe Biden honored U.S. service members in remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday as part of a day of events commemorating veterans and their families.

Before heading to the cemetery, the president and first lady Jill Biden hosted a breakfast in the East Room of the White House with members of veterans, military service and military families groups, senior Defense Department officials and other administration officials.

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The day is likely to feel especially personal to the president: The Bidens began the day in Delaware, where the president visited the grave of his son, Beau Biden, a veteran who served in Iraq and died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46. Monday marks the seventh anniversary of his passing.

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