Biden Lays Wreath At Tomb Of Unknown Soldier In Arlington Cemetery
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published January 21, 2021 | 01:10 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st January, 2021) Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in a tribute to the US armed forces two and a half hours after his inauguration on Wednesday.
Biden's family including his grandchildren, Vice President Kamala Harris and three former presidents who had attended his inauguration - Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and Republican George W. Bush, also attended the ceremony.
The streets of Washington and routes in Virginia, usually packed with crowds during a presidential inauguration were entirely deserted apart from armed police and troops because of the assault on the US Capitol on January 6 and because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has so far killed close to 400,000 people in the United States.
Biden earlier signed his first three documents as president, including new cabinet positions.
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