Former President Biden Remembers Late Son Beau At Memorial Day Event In New Castle, Delaware

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Former President Biden remembers his late son Beau at a Memorial Day event in New Castle, Delaware.

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00:00We come together to remember the debt we owe to the American military.

00:05The military is a solid spine, the spine of our nation.

00:12Our troops, our veterans, our military families, and our Gold Star families in particular.

00:21Only around 1% of all Americans defend 99% of us.

00:27One percent, just 1% of Americans risk the ultimate sacrifice.

00:35We owe them so much more than we can ever repay them.

00:39We have many obligations as a nation, but only one truly sacred obligation, sacred obligation.

00:47That's to equip those we send into harm's way and care for them and their families when they come home and when they don't come home.

00:56It's a sacred obligation.

01:00I know for many of you, Memorial Day, like for us, is deeply personal.

01:06For the Bidens, this day is the 10th anniversary of the loss of my son Beau who spent a year in Iraq.

01:13And to be honest, it's a hard day.

01:20His son and I, Hunter, who's here in the crowd, I don't know where you're sitting, Hunter, but all the way in the back there.

01:28His daddy came to this event with me, well, at the same age when he started.

01:37He just graduated from high school, heading off to college.

01:41And, you know, it's being with all of you, but quite frankly, it makes things a little bit easier.

01:50It really does.

01:50So thank you for allowing me to grieve with you.

01:56Some of you know, some of you knew my son Beau.

02:00He served in the Delaware National Guard, including a year in Iraq.

02:06Remember, I got a phone call.

02:07I was in Washington.

02:08He said, Dad, what are you doing Friday?

02:10I said, what do you need, honey?

02:11He said, I want you to pin my bars on.

02:13I said, pin your bars on?

02:15You have two kids?

02:16He said, Dad, somebody's got to do this, Dad.

02:21Proudest day of his life is putting that uniform on.

02:24That's not a joke.

02:24That's not hyperbole.

02:25That's real.

02:27And, you know, it's one of the proudest things I ever did, pinning his bars on him.

02:33And it means so much to our family at the headquarters of the Delaware National Guard.

02:38It has been renamed after Beau.

02:42His legacy lives on.

02:43And his children, his grandchildren, his great-grandchildren, like those you lost, will be remembered.

02:49They'll remember who he was.

02:51And just like the legacy of all our fallen heroes lives on, they live on in us.

03:00And they live on in the strength and freedom of our nation.

03:03That sounds like hyperbole, but it's real.

03:07It's literal.

03:09So, everyone, everyone who came here today to grieve with grief in their heart, please know,

03:17you're not alone.

03:18You'll never be alone.

03:20And your loved one will never be forgotten.

03:23Period.

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