states, especially on the West Coast, events are held on or near February 19, the day in 1942 that President Franklin D. Reserve a spot Nobuko Miyamoto (Photo by Michael Becker)Įach year, Day of Remembrance reflects on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Since 2015, we’ve taken important steps to do this, including introducing clear policies around hateful conduct, as well as the establishment of the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre, but there’s still much work to do.120,000 Stories: Nobuko Miyamoto on the Social Power of Music (featuring tributes to the Hon. Our government is working hard to help achieve long-overdue culture change in the Canadian Armed Forces through measures to eliminate unacceptable conduct, toxic culture, discrimination, violence, and harassment. On this day, we are also mindful that we must improve the culture and working conditions for our military. Vice President Kamala Harris May 30, 2021Ĭanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also failed to mention D-Day during his D-Day proclamation, using his statement to focus instead on what his government is doing “to address sexual misconduct and gender-based violence in the military.” As The Daily Wire reported, Trudeau’s statement read in part: As we prepare to honor them on Memorial Day, we remember their service and their sacrifice.
Throughout our history our service men and women have risked everything to defend our freedoms and our country. As we prepare to honor them on Memorial Day, we remember their service and their sacrifice,” Harris tweeted May 30 after she faced intense criticism. “Throughout our history our service men and women have risked everything to defend our freedoms and our country. We will never forget their courage and sacrifice.” Vice President Kamala Harris, by contrast, did tweet about D-Day on Sunday, writing, “ On the 77th anniversary of #DDay, we honor the heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy and liberated a continent. The state website’s page about Delaware Day makes no mention of the anniversary being referred to as “D-Day.”
The Biden campaign claimed he was referring to “Delaware Day,” pointing to a state government web page that says: “Since 1933, the governors of Delaware have proclaimed December 7 as Delaware Day in honor of that day in 1787, when Delaware became the first state to ratify the Federal Constitution, thus making Delaware the first state in the New Nation.”
7 anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941.īiden said his home state of Delaware “declared our independence on December the 7th, by the way. Tom Wolf, Biden appeared to switch the June 6 anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France in 1944 with the Dec. Joe Biden’s campaign denied that the former vice president had confused the date of the D-Day invasion of northern Europe in World War II with the date of Pearl Harbor Day during a fundraiser.ĭuring a livestreamed discussion with Pennsylvania Gov. In May 2020, Biden faced accusations of confusing D-Day with Pearl Harbor Day.
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