{"id":2253766,"date":"2024-05-27T13:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-commemorates-memorial-day-at-arlington-by-remembering-sons-death\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T17:09:06","slug":"biden-commemorates-memorial-day-at-arlington-by-remembering-sons-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-commemorates-memorial-day-at-arlington-by-remembering-sons-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden honors Memorial Day in Arlington, reflecting on his son&#8217;s demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-commemorates-memorial-day-at-arlington-by-remembering-sons-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u200b his Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery, \u2062President Joe Biden drew upon his own experience of loss, recalling the passing of \u2063his son Beau nine\u200c years ago. Biden acknowledged the distinct and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-country-music-singer-naomi-judd-dead-at-76\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Country Music Singer Naomi Judd Dead At 76\">profound grief<\/a> of \u2064families who&#8217;ve lost their\u200b loved ones in service. Beau, who died from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-full-timeline-of-hunter-bidens-scandals\/\" title=\"The Full Timeline Of Hunter Biden\u2019s Scandals\">brain cancer<\/a> at 46, had served in Iraq and \u2063attained the rank of Major in the Judge Advocate General\u2019s Corps. During his address, Biden indirectly referenced former\u200c President Donald Trump, emphasizing the critical importance \u200dof democracy and respect for those in \u2062service.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> recalled the loss nine years ago of his eldest son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/beau-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Beau<\/a> during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Memorial Day<\/a> address at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arlington-national-cemetery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201chow hard it can be to reopen that black hole in the middle of your chest\u201d whenever they remember them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it is for so many of you, the pain of his loss is with me every day, still sharp, still clear,\u201d he said Monday.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>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. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beau Biden, a former Delaware state attorney general who reached the rank of major in the Judge Advocate General\u2019s Corps before he died from brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46, was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for his yearlong service in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iraq<\/a>. Joe Biden has repeated that his son\u2019s cancer was caused by his exposure to toxic burn pits while he was abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also indirectly alluded to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> with a statement of the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>democracy<\/a> and respecting those who serve or have served.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,\u201d he said. \u201cEach 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden delivers the Memorial Day Address at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 27, 2024. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier Monday, Biden\u00a0hosted a Memorial Day breakfast at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> for administration officials, military leadership, veterans, and Gold Star family members before taking part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-odonnell-one-hundred-years-ago-america-established-a-sacred-memorial-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier\/\" title=\"Exclusive--O'Donnell: One Hundred Years Ago America Established A Sacred Memorial: The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier\">wreath-laying ceremony<\/a> at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lloyd-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lloyd Austin<\/a>, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charles-q-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Charles Q. Brown, Jr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to our fallen, the bedrock of our liberty remains unshaken,\u201d Brown said during the event at the nearby Memorial Amphitheater. \u201cIt\u2019s up to us to further the cause for which our fallen died and uphold the freedoms for which they fought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, America\u2019s greatest strategic asset will always be our people,\u201d Austin said. \u201cSo let us always remember our fallen heroes and let us always strive to defend the democracy, [for] which they fought and die. They did their duty and we must too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden, left, joined by, from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Army Major Gen. Trevor Bradenkamp, listen to the National Anthem during an Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 27, 2024. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Joe Biden marked the holiday by spending time with the widow of Beau Biden, Hallie Olivere, in Delaware on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery, President Joe Biden reflected on the death of his elder son Beau nine years ago. He recognized that his personal grief differed from the sorrow of families mourning their military service members. 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