President Barack Obama along with the 2012 presidential candidates will honor America’s veterans by taking part in services as well as events on Memorial Day. The President will go to the Arlington National Cemetery this day in which he and his wife Michelle Obama will engage in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Following the service, they are going to join a Memorial Day service at the Memorial Amphitheater at the cemetery.
In his Memorial Day proclamation, Obama announced May 30 a day of prayer with regard to permanent peace and called the nation to join forces in a time of prayer at 11:00 a.m. local time on Monday. He additionally asked all American citizens to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day.
“On this Memorial Day, we honor the generations of Americans who have fought and died to defend our freedom,” the president stated in this proclamation issued last Friday.
“On this solemn day in which Americans unite in remembrance of our country’s fallen, we also pray for our military personnel and their families, our veterans, and all who have lost loved ones. As a grateful Nation, we forever carry the selfless sacrifice of our fallen heroes in our hearts, and we share the task of caring for those they left behind.”
Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, who announced his run for the GOP nod for president in mid-May, will pay tribute to fallen U.S. soldiers through joining a Memorial Day service in Hampstead, N.H. Former Minnesota Governor and Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, who declared his candidacy last week, will devote Memorial Day campaigning in Iowa. He’s going to deliver remarks at 10 a.m. at a pancake breakfast in Waukee. He will remain in Iowa until Wednesday.
Although former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has not yet officially announced her desire to run as a Republican presidential candidate within the 2012 presidential race, the headline of her nationwide bus tour continues to be seen as a precursor to a likely bid for the White House. Her bus tour started Sunday with Palin joining a Rolling Thunder Memorial Day rally for veterans. She rode alongside a large number of other motorcyclists in Washington D.C.
On Memorial Day, she is predicted to head over to the national Archives in Washington; Mount Vernon, Va.; and Gettysburg, Pa.”Our nation is at a critical turning point,” claimed Palin in a statement. “As we look to the future, we are propelled by America’s past. It’s imperative that we connect with our founders, our patriots, our challenges and victories to clearly see our way forward.”
On the other hand, Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota will speak on Memorial Day at a joint county GOP picnic in Dover, NH. She mentioned she will make a presidential announcement the following month in Iowa.
Newt Gingrich, who tweeted his intention to run for the Republican presidential nod recently, didn’t declare a schedule for Memorial Day however launched a statement asking Americans to “take a moment to say a prayer for the brave men and women stationed across the world, putting their lives at risk to defend our freedom from those who would do us harm.”
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