Attorney General Merrick Garland told Harvard graduates Sunday that their generation has been asked to show “an impossible kind of resilience” after yet another mass shooting at another school
“As we gather today to celebrate this milestone in your life, we are also holding on to an enormous amount of grief because of yet another mass shooting at another school in our country,” he said. “An unspeakable act of violence has devastated families and the entire community in Uvalde, Texas. I know I speak for all of us here that our hearts are broken.
Garland was emotional as he spoke about how his grandmother was one of five children born in what is now Belarus and how four of the siblings tried to come to the United States. Three made it. The fourth was turned back and the fifth didn't try. Garland graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and later served on the Harvard Board of Overseers.for the Class of 2022, with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden delivering the keynote speech.
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