Attended by more than 200 spectators, the event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni displayed the evolution of Marine uniforms over the years, accompanied by a narrator who described key moments of Corps history.
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Biden, Harris call for healing in COVID-19 memorial ahead of inauguration
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, wife Jill Biden, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and husband Douglas Emhoff attend an event at the Lincoln Memorial honoring those who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
The Lincoln Memorial was lined with 400 lights each representing 1,000 people who have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden urged Americans to remember those lost in the pandemic as the first step to healing. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Jan. 19 (UPI) Amid a global pandemic and the heaviest security of any inauguration in modern American history, President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States.
Biden is scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday evening from Delaware and will participate in an Inauguration Eve ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial to honor the 400,000 people in the United States who have died of COVID-19 to date.
At about 5:30 p.m. EST, Biden, Harris and their families will be near the reflecting pool at the memorial as about 400 lights are switched on, each representing 1,000 Americans who will have died of the pandemic.
Corps to shrink by 5,000 Marines under defense compromise bill December 11, 2020 U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, conduct patrol and ambush exercises at Robertson Barracks, NT, Australia, July 14, 2020. (Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood/Marine Corps) The latest compromise defense bill calls for reduction in the size of the Corps by 5,000 Marines. The Marine Corps currently has roughly 186,200 Marines in its rank. But the $740.5 billion 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, released Dec. 4, would reduce the authorized active-duty size of the Corps to 181,200. The compromise bill faces a threatened veto threat from President Donald Trump, over language that would require bases named after Confederate generals to be renamed and the bill’s lack of a repeal of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.