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Immediate Release

President Biden, Secretary Austin Honor Nation's Fallen

President Joe Biden lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of U.S. military members who have died in service to the country today at 11 a.m. As part of the Memorial Day observance, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts a program in the cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater.

The secretary provides remarks at 11 a.m. EDT at the Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery. The remarks will be livestreamed on Defense.gov.