President Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with remarks in France next month, the White House announced Thursday.
Biden will travel to Normandy on June 5 and deliver his remarks on June 6. He will then participate in other engagements with First Lady Jill Biden for the anniversary, which will include greeting American veterans and their families to honor those who landed on Utah and Omaha Beaches in Normandy in 1944.
The president marked the 79th anniversary of D-Day last year with a statement, saying the service members who served that day “represent the greatest generation in our history.”
On June 7, the president will deliver remarks in Pointe du Hoc, France, and then travel to Paris on June 8 for a state visit to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
King Charles III also plans to travel to France for British ceremonies marking D-Day.
Biden’s engagement with foreign leaders represents a break from his domestic campaign trips before November. The president traveled to Philadelphia this week and visited Massachusetts and New Hampshire last week.
When he returns to the U.S. at the end of June, he will hold major fundraising events with former President Obama in Los Angeles and former President Clinton in Virginia.
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