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From: White House Press Office [mailto:noreply@messages.whitehouse.gov]
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 9:15 PM
To: Owens, Missy
Subject: VPOTUS Memorial Day pool report


WILMINGTON, Del. -- Vice President Joe Biden marched in a Memorial Day parade and spoke about veterans' sacrifices at a ceremony here Monday.

Biden, along with wife Jill Biden and several local political leaders, walked the three-quarter mile route down Delaware Avenue to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, which commemorates Delawareans killed in the Civil War.

At the monument, Biden told a crowd of about 100 people that Wilmington's parade is his "favorite Memorial Day event in the United States." It was the city's 144th annual parade.

"When I first started coming here, there were a lot of World War I veterans," Biden said.

Biden said only about 1 percent of Americans is engaged in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which makes it easy for the other 99 percent to forget about the sacrifices made by service members. He urged the audience members to acknowledge their service and the effect on their families.

"Let them know that you know the sacrifices they're making," Biden said.
"There's only one sacred obligation this nation has," Biden said. "That's to prepare and equip those we send and care for them when they come back."

After the ceremony, the Bidens returned to their home north of Wilmington with no other public appearances.

MIKE CHALMERS
THE (DELAWARE) NEWS JOURNAL

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