i am not a hero, i just did my job. the real heroes are laying here on the cemeteries. these are our heroes and we should never forget them. [applause] distinguished guests, the 46th president of the united states of america, joseph r biden jr. [speaking french] [applause] president biden: the hour had nearly come, monday, june 5th, 1944. the evil, which devastated the world. nazi germany subgi gaited europe through brute force, lies and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions of jews murdered in the holocaust. millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him, thought democracies were weak, that the future belonged to dictators. here the coast of normandy, battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning the testing was at hand. president macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guests, most of all our honored veterans who met the test of ages to that moment 80 years ago. 80 y
men ready. pete: i mean, that is on families, on parents, on communities. i m a big believer in civic ritual. i m a big believer in parades and ser ceremonies. we made our kids sit out at memorial day ceremony, there were not many kids there. it was not interesting for many kids. one part strikes them, it is meaningful. schools, churches, need to reflect that and push that. in schools, you mentioned in civics, if our kids are not taught the exceptional things these men and women have done, they won t want to stand up. we are being taught we are bad, you can t keep a country when you teach kids that country is evil when it is not. one of the many responsibilities at dhs was to