President Joe Biden recalled the loss nine years ago of his eldest son Beau during his Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery.
Acknowledging that his grief was not the same as that of families who lost loved ones during the course of their military service, Joe Biden told those in the audience that he understood “how hard it can be to reopen that black hole in the middle of your chest” whenever they remember them.
President Joe Biden pauses after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2024. “We gather at this sacred place for this solemn moment to remember, to honor, the sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands of women and men who have given their lives to this nation,” he said. “Each one bound by a common commitment, not to a place, not to a person, not to a president, but to an idea unlike any idea in human history: the idea of the United States.”
“Thanks to our fallen, the bedrock of our liberty remains unshaken,” Brown said during the event at the nearby Memorial Amphitheater. “It’s up to us to further the cause for which our fallen died and uphold the freedoms for which they fought.”
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