President Joe Biden sent his thanks and greetings to Americans on Thanksgiving, stressing in a tweet to his personal account on Twitter that Thanksgiving is a special time to reflect on what happened to us during the year, and what awaits us in the future. We are grateful that despite the darkness there is light, hope and progress.. My family to yours, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving.”
In a video posted on President Biden's official account, the President and his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, wished Americans a happy Thanksgiving better than usual, noting that this is the second Thanksgiving Day celebrated in light of the Corona epidemic, and we welcome the resumption of holiday traditions by millions of American families.
Biden credited the COVID-19 vaccines with facilitating the return of family gatherings this holiday season, despite the resurgence of the virus and an increase in new infections in the United States, and the president and first lady had previously received a full vaccination, and a booster dose.
"While we give thanks to God for what we have, we also keep in our hearts those who lost their lives and gave so much for us," the president and his wife said in the video.
Biden vacation
Biden and his wife Jill had traveled to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, for Thanksgiving, and on the island Biden visited the Coast Guard compound at Brant Point, where he met with employees and US service members from around the world.
"I'm not kidding when I say I'm grateful to these guys," Biden said during the interview, noting that Coast Guard personnel were standing right in front of him on the ground as he was leaving. According to the Associated Press.
Biden, whose late son Beau was a lieutenant colonel in the Delaware National Guard, said he has seen US service members work around the world, from the South China Sea, Iraq and Afghanistan to South America.
And he continued: “When foreigners ask what America is, they don’t see us here,” meaning civilians. "They see them," he referred to members of the Coast Guard and other branches of the US military, and that "makes me proud."
On Nantucket, Biden watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, as spectators again lined the roadside to watch the parade of about 8,000 participants. Parade workers and volunteers had been vaccinated against COVID-19 and directed to wear masks.
The Bidens, on the other hand, kept their Thanksgiving tradition, with their Thanksgiving menu featuring roasted turkey, filling using Grandma's recipe, and dessert being three types of pie. Where he ate ice cream with chocolate chips.
back again
It is worth noting that Biden and his wife have been spending Thanksgiving on Nantucket Island since before their marriage in 1977. They broke this tradition in 2015 after his son Beau died that year at the age of 46 from brain cancer, and they broke up last year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic banning travel and large family gatherings, Biden instead dined at his Delaware home last year with only his wife, daughter Ashley and her husband.
But this year, the president joined millions of Americans celebrating the holiday with large groups of loved ones. The entire Biden family flew with him last Tuesday night on Air Force One to resume the Thanksgiving tradition, with his wife, Jill; his son Hunter, his wife Melissa, and their young son, Beau; Daughter Ashley and grandchildren Naomi, Finnegan, Macy, Natalie and Little Hunter, as well as Naomi's fiancé Peter Neal.
different visit
Biden's visit to Nantucket this time, his first as president, differs markedly from his previous vacation there when he was a US senator and later vice president.
Biden lost much of his freedom of movement alone when he became president, and he now travels with a large group of security personnel, White House staff, other officials and journalists.
His every public movement is closely monitored by the US Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies.
Jill Biden told members of the Coast Guard she would see them again Friday night at the annual Nantucket Christmas tree lighting, another Biden tradition.
The Christmas tree lighting ceremony is where Beau Biden proposed to his wife, Haley, in 2001, and they married on the island the following year. Biden is expected to return to the White House next Sunday.
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