© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and first girl Jill Biden depart the White Home to board Marine One in Washington on November 11, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades.
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and first girl Jill Biden will be part of army personnel and their households on Sunday for an early Thanksgiving meal dubbed “Friendsgiving.”
The occasion will happen at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia.
Biden’s participation within the gathering for mates referred to as “Friendsgiving” kicks off the vacation week. He’ll conduct the standard pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkey on Monday, after which depart on Tuesday for the Atlantic island of Nantucket to spend the Thursday vacation there along with his household.
He celebrates his 81st birthday on Monday.
Whereas in Norfolk, the Bidens will kick off an advance screening with service members and their households of “Wonka,” a brand new musical fantasy movie specializing in a younger Willy Wonka.
Then, they’ll take part in a Friendsgiving dinner with service members and army households related to the Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Gerald R. Ford (NYSE:) plane carriers. Each vessels are deployed within the jap Mediterranean in response to tensions from the Israel-Hamas battle.
The Norfolk occasion is a part of the White Home’s Becoming a member of Forces Initiative, co-hosted by the United Service Organizations (USO (NYSE:)) and Robert Irvine Basis.
