<p>ARLINGTON, Va. — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground.</p>
<p>The president was joined on Monday by first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff in a somber ceremony at the Virginia cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is dedicated to the fallen U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified.</p>
<p>Biden bowed his head and made the sign of the cross while standing in front of the wreath. Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stood behind him.</p>
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<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-health-coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-memorial-day-c3886def81f78c762fd1e920148ef32a">On Sunday</a>, Biden addressed a crowd of Gold Star military families and other veterans in a ceremony at War Memorial Plaza in New Castle, Delaware. Earlier in the day, he and other family members attended a memorial Mass for his son <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-delaware-wilmington-beau-biden-archive-f5994264f11d4b56b41ffda21932f39f">Beau Biden</a>, a veteran who died of brain cancer six years ago to the day.</p>
<p>Last year, Biden, then a presidential candidate, chose Memorial Day to make his first public appearance in the two months after <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic">the coronavirus pandemic</a> closed down the nation.</p>
