Presidents honor fallen on Memorial Day at Arlington Cemetery

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Presidents honor fallen on Memorial Day at Arlington Cemetery
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President Joe Biden honored fallen soldiers during Memorial Day remarks at National Arlington Cemetery, imploring the nation to "never forget the price that was paid to protect our democracy." Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and remarked on the death of his own son, Beau Biden, an Iraq War veteran who died of brain cancer in 2015. He said Americans have a responsibility to ensure that sacrifice was not in vain and work together to ensure that democracy, the Constitution, and "our decency" endure.

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