Bidens Celebrate Early Thanksgiving with Servicemen and Servicewomen in Virginia
The President and First Lady Served Food at Friendsgiving Dinner and Introduced a Film Screening at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads
- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden celebrated an early Thanksgiving meal with servicemen and servicewomen at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
- The Bidens served food at the Friendsgiving dinner, with President Biden serving mashed potatoes and the first lady serving sweet potato casserole.
- Families of the servicemen and servicewomen were also present for the dinner, during which Biden thanked them and described the military as the '1%' that protects the '99% of us.'
- Prior to the dinner, the Bidens visited Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, where the president introduced a screening of the new film Wonka.
- Later this week, the president and his wife will spend Thanksgiving on Nantucket, an island in Massachusetts.