President Joe Biden paid tribute to fallen service members during his Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, saying that they had made the ultimate sacrifice “for our freedom and for our future.”
“Once again, we stand amid the rows and rows of marble stones and bear witness to the brave women and men who served and sacrificed for our freedom and for our future,” Biden said.
The president began his remarks by recalling the first Memorial Day speech, delivered by retired Union Gen. James Garfield at Arlington Cemetery in 1868.
“One hundred and fifty-five years ago, retired Union General James Garfield spoke here at Arlington, marking our nation’s first Memorial Day,” Biden said. “Standing amid the rows and rows of marble stones, many of his own fallen soldiers among them, he asked: ‘What brought these men here? What high motive led them to welcome death?’”…}