The ceremony will be followed shortly thereafter by the president’s Memorial Day address as part of the 155th National Memorial Day observance at Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.
- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday as part of the 155th National Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery.
The ceremony will be followed shortly thereafter by the president’s Memorial Day address at Memorial Amphitheater.,” was held at Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1868, in the shadow of the Civil War. Tens of thousands of that war’s dead were interred at the cemetery, which had been created in 1864.The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to raise awareness of a final honor for veterans.
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