LMFM By Emma Mullan
Speaking from the
Major Joseph R. Beau Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Delaware, the day before heading to Washington to begin his time as US President, Joe Biden used a quote from Irish Poet
James Joyce as a means to illustrate his love for his home.
He said: My colleagues used to always kid me for quoting Irish poets. They thought I did it because I m Irish. I didn t do it for that reason. I did it because they are the best poets in the world.
He continued: James Joyce was said to have told a friend that when it comes to his time to pass, when he dies he said Dublin will be written on my heart .
Brandon Holveck and Jeff Neiburg, Delaware News Journal
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4:48 am UTC Jan. 21, 2021
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, sworn in to an office that had eluded him for decades at the site of a violent insurrection just two weeks before.
He took the oath of office with his history-making vice president, Kamala Harris, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where on Jan. 6 a violent mob stormed into the halls of Congress, creating a dark day in American history.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden watch fireworks at the White House on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden.
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President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden are joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff during a COVID-19 memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost.
His arrival coincided with the awful news that the U.S. death toll had surpassed 400,000 in the worst public health crisis in more than a century a crisis Biden will now be charged with controlling.
Wilmington, Delaware, has been Joe Biden’s home for many years, serving as the backdrop for several highs and lows throughout his life. He said when he dies, "Delaware will be written on my heart."
Jan 20, 2021
WASHINGTON Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost.
His arrival coincided with the awful news that the U.S. death toll had surpassed 400,000 in the worst public health crisis in more than a century a crisis Biden will now be charged with controlling.
“To heal we must remember,” the incoming president told the nation at a sunset ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial. Four hundred lights representing the pandemic’s victims were illuminated behind him around the monument’s Reflecting Pool.