Biden Honours Fallen U.S Soldiers

United States President, Joe Biden honoured American fallen soldiers at a wreath-laying ceremony.

Gatekeepers News reports that President Joe Biden has acknowledged the sacrifices made by military families and the loss felt by parents of fallen soldiers during his Memorial Day address at the Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.

Gatekeepers News reports the Memorial Day is an official federal holiday observed in the U.S on the final Monday of the month of May (annually), to honour men and women who have died while on duty with the U.S military. Americans across the country pay their respects usually by visiting military cemeteries or memorials.

The U.S President commended those who have continued to ‘stand watch’ across the globe and gave their lives in recent decades during conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East.

“Americans stand watch around the world, often with great personal peril,” he said.

“War and conflict, death and loss, are not relics of our American history; They’re part of American story.”

“Here in Arlington lie heroes who gave what President Lincoln called ‘the last full measure of devotion,’ ” Biden said before Armed Forces members and Gold Star families.

“They did not only die at Gettysburg or in Flanders Field on the beaches of Normandy, but in the mountains of Afghanistan, the deserts of Iraq in the last 20 years,” Biden added.

“Hundreds of graves are here from recent conflicts,” Biden noted. “Hundreds of patriots gave their all, each of them leaving behind a family who live with their pain and their absence every single day.”

According to the U.S President, 7,036 U.S soldiers have died in recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Today, that number is 7,036,” he said. “7,036 fallen angels who have lost their lives in these conflicts.”

“This Memorial Day, we honour their legacy and their sacrifice, duty, honour to their country,” he added.

The President’s remarks come as his administration is planning to withdraw all remaining troops in Afghanistan by September 11.

Biden further urged Americans to honour the sacrifice of soldiers by upholding the fundamental freedoms of democracy, which he argued is “in peril here at home and around the world.”

“What we do now, how we honour the memory of the fallen will determine whether or not democracy will long endure,” he said, adding that “Democracy thrives when the infrastructure of democracy is strong.”

Gatekeepers News reports that the U.S President was joined at the Memorial Day service by first lady Jill Biden; Vice President, Kamala Harris; U.S second gentleman, Doug Emhoff; Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Mark Milley.